The Governance Green Paper
Seminar: Tuesday, October 31st 2017
The Prime Minister, Theresa May, and the Secretary of State for Business, Greg Clark, have laid out the vision for reform in corporate governance to facilitate effective, entrepreneurial and prudent management …
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The UK government has signalled that it will taking a shareholder and stakeholder market-based approach to governance reform rather than introducing more rules on executive pay. According to early briefings reported in the on Financial Times (FT) and Daily …
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The UK needs to implement corporate governance reform as part of plans to boost the economy as it leaves the EU according to the Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) Commission on Economic Justice that is rethinking economic policy for …
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Corporate governance in Kenya is improving due to enhanced corporate disclosure and improved regulation according to this year’s corporate governance index from Cyton Investments.
Cyton noted that its first index, and accompanying corporate governance analysis, published last year had …
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Companies seeking to list on South Africa’s Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) will now have to comply with the King IV corporate governance codes (King IV), which was published last year, as part of amended listing requirements. Companies already listed …
Read MoreA coalition of institutional investors is gathering support for a campaign for a vote against six directors and executive pay at the pharmaceuticals company, Mylan which has faced controversy over raising prices for its EpiPen product. Its AGM is due …
Read MoreFrench carmaker Renault will be holding its AGM on 15th June and its voting results will be closely watched due to longstanding concerns about its governance and after its vote on pay was defeated last year.
The pay of Carl …
Read MoreThe median pay of the 200 highest earning US chief executives (CEOs) rose to $16.9m in fiscal year 2016 according to the annual study of US CEO pay by advisory firm Equilar and those included on this list saw a …
Read MoreRoyal London Asset Management (RLAM), voiced concerns about the unusual remuneration and board structure of Glencore ahead of its May 24 AGM.
The voting results show RLAM’s concerns may have been shared by other shareholders. While all Glencore’s resolutions …
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