Board effectiveness and the role of evaluation in supporting good governance has resulted in increased attention from regulators, investors and other stakeholders.
Capital governance is a critical shareholder protection. Capital authority requests are routine agenda items at shareholder meetings in the UK and relate to:
• The authority to issue shares with pre-emption rights;
• The authority to issue shares without pre-emption …
Recent changes to the UK Governance Code have put board chair tenure into the spotlight. This Briefing looks at the impact of the changes in respect of the top 350 identifying the number of companies with a chair who has …
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Minerva’s latest Regulatory Briefing: Tax Secrecy identifies the key issues for investors and provides helpful guidance for trustees and governance officers to help them incorporate good practice into their proxy voting guidelines. For many years Manifest’s research reports have identified …
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Since November 2016, the UK has been investigating three key pillars of governance reform focussed on executive pay; the governance of large private companies and strengthening the voice of employees and stakeholders. Two years on, US Senator Elizabeth Warren has …
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Minerva’s stewardship support team has reviewed the new investor guidelines of the Investment Association in the context of Minerva’s current Say on Pay research reports, ratings and voting guidelines to identify the potential impact of the proposals.
The UK’s main …
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Although the European Commission and member states began to address board gender diversity since 2012, progress towards the suggested 40% target has been mixed. From an investors’ perspective, although high-level legislative steps have been taken to improve board diversity, due …
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During 2018 there have been a number of governance reforms introduced which will impact both companies and institutional investors. The new regime will begin to apply to accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. In effect, the new …
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Over the past 20 years, the Minerva Total Remuneration Survey has become an essential resource to support engagement on pay. It is the is the UK’s most authoritative report of its kind, trusted by investors, …
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