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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Minerva Total Remuneration Survey 2018 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 […]