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
Sage Group: pensions down, shareholdings up
FTSE 100-listed accountancy software provider Sage Group plc holds its 2019 AGM on 27 February at which a new remuneration policy will be put to the shareholder vote. The policy was last approved at …
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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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TUI AG: Board view deviations from UK governance practice as necessary
TUI AG holds its 2019 AGM on 12 February and shareholders will note deviations from certain UK good governance practices. This is due to TUI having a primary listing …
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Connect Group: Internal control failings identified by the Board
FTSE SmallCap Connect Group has recently gone through a shake-up of its executive team following trading and operational concerns, internal control failings, and a fall in share price. In light of …
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Diploma plc: CEO departure deemed to be in the shareholders’ interest
FTSE 250 listed Diploma plc appointed in April of 2018 Richard Ingram as Interim Chief Executive ahead of the anticipated retirement of long-serving CEO, Bruce Thompson in May. The …
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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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Applied Graphene Materials: compliance with codes is not the same as meeting investors’ expectations
AIM-listed Applied Graphene Materials holds its AGM on 18 December 2018 and with the elevated awareness of AIM governance standards, it’s worth taking a look at AGM’s AGM disclosures to better understand the differences between what’s expect of main and …
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