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The UK’s audit watchdog, the Auditing Practices Board (APB) has issued its latest consultation paper with a view to updating its ethical guidelines on the vexed issue issue of auditor consultancy services.
In the UK regulatory construct, the audit is …
Read MoreThe European Commision has commissioned a €350,000 research study to assess the effectiveness of monitoring and enforcement mechanisms concerning Member States’ corporate governance codes.
Four researcb partners have been selected to underake the review: BUSINESSEUROPE (the Confederation of European Business); …
Read MoreFiat has released its notice of AGM, with the first call due to be on 26 March and the meeting expected to be held on the second call on Friday 27 March. With the board structure following the traditional …
Read MoreUNPRI’s Board has this week issued an eight point action plan calling for more investment in active ownership and oversight.
In an open admission that investors have had a role to play in current difficulties, Donald MacDonald, Chair of the …
Read MoreThe financial crisis has revealed severe shortcomings in corporate governance. When most needed, they often failed to provide the checks and balances that companies need in order to cultivate sound business practices. That’s the conclusion from the OECD’s latest report: …
Read MoreU.S. judge, Lewis A. Kaplan, has ruled that two lawsuits brought by Parmalat Finanziaria SpA bond and share holders and Parmalat SpA CEO Enrico Bondi, can proceed against auditing firm Grant Thornton International in relation to the collapse of Parmalat …
Read MoreDutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos today hit out at shareholders for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to prevent the current financial crisis.
Speaking to the International Corporate Governance conference in Amsterdam, Bos used the platform as an opportunity to make a forthright …
Read MoreThe East West Management Institute (EWMI) has released the latest findings of its semi-annual survey of online investor relations of the ten largest listed company by market cap in 11 Central and Eastern European Countries. According to research assistant, Igor …
Read MoreThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has moved a step closer to approving the New York Stock Exchange’s Rule 452 proposal to eliminate broker discretionary voting in director elections. This proposal was developed by the Exchange’s Proxy Working Group …
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