EU Commissioner Michel Barnier’s Green Paper on Corporate Governance closed for consultation on Friday. The irony of the US declaration that shareholders cannot nominate their own directors coming out on the same day will not be lost on the governance …
Read MoreOver the same weekend that the UN wrestled with the question of whether to intervene in the internal affairs of Libya, the French financial markets regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), issued a stunning piece of surprise, summary intervention …
Read More“Don’t be British, be Australian” is the message from Claire Bury, the EU’s corporate governance official.
Speaking at the UK’s National Associate of Pension Funds investment conference in Edinburgh recently, Claire outlined the Commission’s approach to the forthcoming Governance Green …
Read MoreObscure securities lending practices have been a cause for concern for the governance community in recent years as the ability to recall shares at short notice can negatively impact investors’ ability to vote at general meetings.
The US Senate is …
Read MoreThe Swiss Council of States (the upper house of the Swiss Federal Assembly) has discussed an amendment to Swiss company law in an attempt to encourage Thomas Minder to withdraw his proposed referendum to insert provisions on directors pay into …
Read MoreResponsible investment charity FairPensions has published the first comprehensive analysis of the UK’s leading asset managers’ approach to the Stewardship Code. Despite “encouraging signs of improvement”, FairPensions’ research reveals that 41% of the asset managers fail to publicly disclose information …
Read MoreAFEP-MEDEF has released their second annual report on the application of the French Corporate Governance Code (AFEP-MEDEF Code) by companies in the SBF 120 index. The report highlights an increase from 34% to 40% in the percentage of companies in …
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