Anticipation that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is due to finalise three remaining Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act compensation rules as well as recent rulings from Delaware Courts will keep executive pay in the spotlight during …
Read MoreAchieving good corporate governance and behaviour must go beyond codes and towards developing the right culture across organisations and the leaders of companies must be integrated into that culture, according to Sir Wim Bischoff chairman of the Financial Reporting Council …
Read MoreThe UK government is consulting on how to incorporate the EU’s Non-Financial Reporting Directive into UK law and into the UK’s current company reporting framework. This amends an earlier directive and requires companies, with more than 500 employees, to disclose …
Read MorePharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), has been fined £37.6m by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)for making illegal payments to companies to delay their rival medicines entering the British market. Smaller fines were also imposed on the other pharmaceutical companies …
Read MoreInvestment bank Morgan Stanley has agreed a $3.2 billion settlement with the New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman over the bank’s deceptive practices, in respect of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS ), leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.
The investigation …
Read MoreGlobal technology Google continues to be in the spotlight over its £130m tax deal with the UK authorities. The UK parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, which first looked into the issue of corporate tax deals in 2012, has held a session…
Read MoreThe US financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has fined global agri-business firm Monsanto $80 million for violating accounting rules and misstating company earnings in relation to its flagship product Roundup. The company has also agreed to retain …
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