Anticipation that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is due to finalise three remaining Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act compensation rules as well as recent rulings from Delaware Courts will keep executive pay in the spotlight during …
Read MoreAudit committees are increasingly overloaded and UK companies are looking at other way to monitor corporate responsibility (CR) and sustainability issues, according to a report published by the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE).
An IBE survey of the FTSE 350 …
Read MoreShareholders in Australian companies are now more likely to have their votes taken on a poll by default instead of the traditional show of hands. Two-thirds of companies targeted by a global collaborative investor initiative have moved towards using polls, …
Read MoreChemring Group, a specialist designer and manufacturer for the aerospace, defence and security industries, that was forced to engage with shareholders last year following a high level of dissent at its AGM over its remuneration practices may still not have
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has used Easygroup’s, 12.6% stake in African no-frills airline, Fastjet, to call an extraordinary meeting (EGM) which seeks to remove its chief executive, Ed Winter, and its general counsel and company secretary, Krista Bates.
The EGM resolutions …
Read MoreDespite recent policy changes by the last UK Coalition Government chief executive (CEO) pay has still been rising and, according to a recent report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, current executive reward practice is based on misplaced …
Read MoreThe Bank of England is proposing to strengthen the remuneration requirements on buy-outs of variable remuneration for those regarded as material risk takers at banks, building societies and designated investment firms regulated by the Prudential Regulatory Authority. These proposals are, …
Read MoreBy the first Tuesday of 2016 (5th January) the UK’s top bosses made more money in 2016 than the average UK worker earns in an entire year, according to think tank, The High Pay Centre.
FTSE 100 chief executives …
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