Rise in companies deviating from Swedish governance code
The Board’s 2019 Annual Report, published this week, revealed that over a third (34 per cent) of companies that apply the Code reported at least one deviation in 2018, up from 29 …
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Median CEO pay falls, but is this the full story?
When it comes to corporate governance, no topic is more contentious than the pay of top CEOs.
The debate over whether companies pay their top executives excessively high salaries has …
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Exec Pay – The Invisible Drag on Innovation
CEO remuneration packages actively discourage innovation in UK’s top companies, new Nesta analysis finds
The way most big businesses reward their Chief Executives and other senior staff is inhibiting innovation and research …
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Risk Coalition begins consultation on board risk functions
The Risk Coalition has issued a consultation on its ‘Principles and guidance for board risk committees and risk functions in the UK financial services sector’, which was published on 26 June.…
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Solactive makes strategic investment in European governance, sustainability and proxy voting firm, Minerva Analytics.
Solactive announces the completion of a strategic investment in Minerva to accelerate growth of the electronic voting, stewardship and ESG research services firm.
Following the …
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The social cost of failed stewardship
“Eye-watering and unjustified CEO pay packages are corrosive of trust in business and threaten to undermine the public’s support for the way our economy operates.” That’s the conclusion of Rachel Reeves MP, …
This Minerva briefing on Executive Pensions in the UK 2019 looks at the issue of pension fairness in the FTSE 100. It examines developments in executive preferential pension and details how companies in the FTSE 100 have been responding to …
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Board evaluation: new research identifies opacity and market concentration concerns
Board evaluation, if done correctly, provides a vital tool for directors to strengthen board effectiveness. It provides an opportunity for boards to review its skills and experience; its composition …
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Board effectiveness and the role of evaluation in supporting good governance has resulted in increased attention from regulators, investors and other stakeholders.
- Institutional investors are increasingly expecting boards to undertake evaluation. For example, the International Corporate Governance Network’s Global Governance