It’s being quite a few days for corporate governance. First, the unprecedented (at least since our records began in 1996) shock yesterday of Sir John Bond’s ejection as Chair of Glencore Xstrata, whilst in the same week, the PR chicanery …
Read MoreLast week, the UK Competition Commission published its provisional findings in its investigation into the provision of statutory audit services in the UK. Unsurprisingly, the findings show that there are obstacles to competition, as if we didn’t know that already. …
Read MoreESMA has now released its final report on ‘The Proxy Advisor Industry’. It’s key recommendation, after long deliberation, is that there is “no current market failure related to proxy advisors interaction with investors and issuers in the European Union …
Read MoreGuest post by:
Magnus Furugård, President and Managing Director, GES International, a Manifest partner
Asset owners and asset managers should engage more strongly on ESG performance with the banks in order to contribute to a more sustainable financial sector, …
Read MoreProfessor John Kay has published his review of equity markets and long-term decision making which was commissioned by the UK’s Business Secretary Vince Cable.
Here are the key recommendations, source: Kay review – Final Report July 2012
1. The Stewardship …
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Optimising the Means and Ends of Good Governance
Manifest is proud to sponsor the 4th Cambridge International Regulation and Governance Conference on September 6th, at Queens College, Cambridge.
In a timely intervention given recent consultations at national and supra-national level …
Read More…..on the facts.
The world’s proxy seasons draw to a close with the last remaining Japanese vote deadlines on Tuesday 26th June. That’s one day after the European Securities Markets Authority’s consultation on proxy advisors closes.
Shareholders do like to …
Read MoreGuest post by Damien Knight, Director, MM&K Ltd
The Coalition Government, through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), has been consulting regularly since September 2011 about what it could do to reign in ‘excessive’ executive pay and strengthen …
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The future of proxy advisors – is there one?
Sarah Wilson, CEO of Manifest spoke at the ICGN London Meeting on 20th March 2012. Her presentation at the breakout session “the future of proxy advisory” was based on the following …
Read MoreVince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, this week announced the latest government consultation on executive pay, this time aimed specifically at enhancing shareholder voting rights on the matter.
The consultation seeks opinions on the following outline …
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