The UK’s Investor Relations Society is seeking to put its members at the heart of the governance role according to a guidance consultation published this week. The consultation is the Society’s response to the FRC’s own consultation on the UK …
Read MoreHenry Ford is frequently misquoted as saying “History is bunk” what he actually said was: “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is …
Read MoreWill Oulton is leaving his role as director of Responsible Investment at FTSE Group to join Mercer’s investment consulting business as European Head of Responsible Investment.
Oulton will start his new role at Mercer in May when he replaces Emma …
Read MoreShareholders are getting used to Lord Myners, the UK’s Financial Services Secretary, exhorting them to act responsibly, but his speech at the National Association of Pension Funds recent corporate governance seminar reveals some new insights.
Drawing on remuneration surveys from …
Read MoreUS president Barack Obama took his fight for financial reform to the heart of Wall Street this week and described the role of shareholders as “the last key component”.
As the US administration faces up to a tough fight in …
Read MoreLeading US shareholder advocate Richard Ferlauto, has been appointed as deputy director of policy for the Securities & Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA).
Since 2002 Rich has been director of corporate governance and public pension programs …
Read MoreAs the consultation on the UK’s Stewardship Code draws to a close, the UK’s reporting regulator, the FRC, has moved to strengthen its secretariat with the appointment of ABI governance veteran, Peter Montagnon.
Montagnon will join his former ABI boss …
Read MoreStrewth, our antipodean friends don’t mince their words. Or very specifically, New Zealand’s Business Day blogger, Bruce Sheppard doesn’t.
As the Southern proxy season comes to a close (for our research team that is), we’ve been reflecting on the direct …
Read MoreKen Rushton, former head of the listings review at UK regulator the Financial Services Authority, has challenged Malaysia’s corporate governance regime. Speaking at the Corporate Governance Summit 2009 he outlined his concerns about the discrepancies between the regulatory principles and …
Read MoreThe Nominations Committee of the Board of ITV plc has terminated its discussions with CEO candidate Tony Ball, bringing to an end the speculation about a potential £30 million salary package.
In a regulatory news announcement published at 12:36pm today …
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