FRC fines EY £4.9m over ‘failures’ on Thomas Cook audits
April 17, 2024
Six years after the collapse of Thomas Cook with £1.7 billion of debt, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has hit EY with a £4.9 million fine over …
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Nearly a quarter of BP of investors vote against re-election of chair
April 17, 2025
Nearly a quarter of investors have voted against the BP chair Helge Lund’s re-election, citing concerns over the lack of a shareholder vote on the …
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OECD finds changes to shareholder meetings could reshape corporate governance
April 10, 2025
The way policies and practices for the preparation and conduct of general shareholder meetings are evolving could change essential elements of sound corporate governance, according to the …
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Raiffeisen Bank’s AGM disrupted by protests over ties to sanctioned Russian companies
April 3, 2025
Raiffeisen Bank’s AGM was disrupted by a wave of protests inside and outside the venue, following recent revelations about its transactions with state-linked entities in …
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Canada’s Big Six Banks Under Fire: AI, Child Labour Risks & the Push for Energy Transparency
March 27, 2025
Daniel Kehoe and Caoimhe Taylor
As we move into April, the ‘Big Six’ Canadian Banks once again are prominent on shareholder …
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CII Updates Reincorporation & Shareholder Voting Rights Policies
March 21, 2025
On 10 March 2025 the Council of Institutional Investors’ US Asset Owner Members approved two amendments to its policies on corporate governance.
The First Amendment …
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Rio Tinto pushes for shareholders to back dual-listed structure
March 21, 2025
Rio Tinto, the world’s largest iron-ore miner, has urged its shareholders to vote against plans to review its dual-listed company (DLC) structure in London and Sydney.
Ahead of …
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SBTi proposes updates to Corporate Net-Zero Standard framework
March 21, 2025
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has released a draft update to its Corporate Net-Zero Standard, introducing proposed measures to accelerate corporate decarbonisation.
The draft standard introduces proposed updates…
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