A revised corporate governance code came into effect on 1st January 2017 in the Philippines. The code has been developed by the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with …

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Jamie Dimon

As US Republicans accelerate their plans to dismantle much of the Dodd Frank regulatory framework, Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase, has been appointed as the next chairman of the US  issuer lobby, Business Roundtable (BRT).

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Gender pay gap reporting will go ahead in the UK after the government published its final pay gap reporting regulations and its response to the consultation on the requirements. The government said it remains committed to achieving legislative approval by …

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MPs

The Financial Reporting Council has recommended a series of changes that are needed to improve the UK’s governance regime. In a letter to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) select committee the FRC has said that Section 172 of …

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The EU’s council of permanent representatives has endorsed an agreement between the Slovakia, which holds the presidency of the European Council,  and the European Parliament that agrees revisions to the second Shareholder Rights Directive.

Lucia Žitňanská, Minister for …

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Dutch stewardship code

The Dutch corporate governance code monitoring committee has published a revised corporate governance code for the Netherlands replacing its previous 2008 code. The revisions follow earlier consultation and were at the request of Dutch company bodies, trade unions and shareholder …

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The UK government’s widely trailed corporate governance green paper has focused, as expected, on executive pay and stakeholder representation at companies as well consulting on corporate governance rules for large privately owned companies. Manifest welcomed the consultation particularly the Government’s …

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Manifest welcomes the Dept BEIS Corporate Governance Reform Green Paper which has been published today. Stakeholders are now faced with a very detailed and potentially far-reaching consultation which touches on a wide variety of topical issues. See Video https://goo.gl/Eb27h9

Manifest …

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A panel of shareholder representatives comprising Paul Lee of Aberdeen Asset Management, Kerrie Waring of ICGN, Sarah Wilson of Manifest and Cliff Weight of ShareSoc last week [23 November 2016] gave evidence to the BEIS Select Committee investigating corporate governance …

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EU, European Parliament

The European Parliament has backed the introduction of the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision Directive (IORPII). One of the requirements of the new directive is for European occupational pensions to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

Responsible …

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