Compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code remains high,with 90 per cent of the FTSE 350 complying with all but one or two provisions, according to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in its report, Developments in Corporate Governance and Stewardship …
Read MoreThe Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (the Association), better known as the National Association of Pension Funds of old, has updated its Corporate Governance Policy and Voting Guidelines. The Corporate Governance Policy and Voting Guidelines aim to promote the …
Read MoreCorporate tax avoidance, followed by executive pay are the key business ethics issues identified by the general public in a survey conducted for the Institute of Business Ethics.
The top five issues in respect of company behaviour, that respondents …
Read MoreThe UK’s top companies look set to meet targets to increase the number of women on their boards according to the latest FT–ICSA Boardroom Bellwether survey. This follows the Davies Review which found that within the FTSE 100 a …
Read MoreCompanies are likely to improve their disclosure of climate-related financial risks in the near future following the creation of the an industry led task force formed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to develop consistent rules for firms when they …
Read MoreNearly $A30 million in payouts to departing chief executives (CEOs) helped to increase the pay of the 300 highest-earning Australian CEOs by 5%, who for the first time will receive an average pay packet of more than $3 million a …
Read MoreThe shares of UK sports clothes and equipment retailer, Sports Direct, took a hit this week, despite reporting increased profits, following an investigation by the Guardian newspaper which it said revealed that workers at its new Shirebrook warehouse are receiving …
Read MoreThe chairman and chief executive of Brazilian investment bank, BTG Pactual, Andre Santos Esteves, has been forced to resign following his arrest amid accusations of bribery.
According to press reports, Esteves was accused of allegedly conspiring with Delcidio Amaral, …
Read MoreThe Council of Institutional Investors (CII), which represents pension funds and other institutional investors in the US, has published two reports highlighting the most effective ways to conduct and disclose engagement between investors and companies.
CII Investor-Company Roundtable: Effective Engagement…
Read MoreAs the countries taking part in the UN Climate Change Summit, COP 21 in Paris, struggled to reach agreement 114 major companies including Coca-Cola, Dell, Kellogg, Procter & Gamble and Sony pledged to set emissions reduction targets in line with …
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