The European Commission this week (12/12/12) set out its 16 priorities for promoting sustainable and competitive companies in the EU. After two years of investigation, the Commission has decided to focus it’s workplan on three main areas:
Professor 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 MoreThe AMF has this week (2nd July) released its final report on improving the exercise of shareholders rights at French general meetings. Following consultation during 2011, the proposals are expected to be in place in time for meetings on or …
Read MoreAnother week, another consultation deadline in the world of responsible investment – last week the FRC’s consultation on the Stewardship Code. With so many column inches being taken up with coverage of scandals which have shaken the very bedrock of …
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Last year, ESMA conducted a consultation on the topic of empty voting, designed to find out the nature and extent of the decoupling of voting rights from economic ownership. Last week, they published the responses received, and concluded …
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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 …
Read MoreNever mind the peak meeting season, the past few days has seen a flurry of activity in Westminster which will have a bearing on aspects of shareholder voting and corporate governance in the UK.
On Tuesday, the Treasury Select Committee …
Read MoreThis week saw the publication of the latest progress report as part of the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative sponsored by Aviva Investors. The report by Responsible Research surveyed 27 of the largest stock exchanges across world markets to assess attitudes …
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