Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is holding a consultation on a revised corporate governance code and changes to its listing rules.

The stock exchange said the review of the Hong Kong code was driven by a desire to raise the …

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US opioid

Investors for Opioid Accountability (IOA), a US coalition which includes asset managers, faith-based, public and trades union pension funds with over $1.3 trillion in assets have filed multiple shareholder resolutions on board oversight of business risks related to opioids at

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Sky

Independent investors in media group Sky voted heavily against the remuneration report with just 36% of shareholders giving it their backing at the AGM this week (12th October). Chairman James Murdoch received a narrow vote in support of his re-election …

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Diageo Good Governance Report

Drinks company Diageo has topped the latest rankings for good corporate governance from the Institute of Directors (IoD) in its third annual review of the UK’s top 100 companies.

The 2017 Good Governance Report was compiled for the IoD by …

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Canada women boards

Women have increased their numbers on Canadian company boards according to a review of the corporate governance disclosure of 660 companies as it relates to women in leadership roles.

The review which covered company reporting made between December 31, 2016 …

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MPs

ICSA: The Governance Institute and The Investment Association (IA) have launched guidance to help UK company boards ensure they understand and weigh up the interests of their stakeholders when making strategic decisions.

This follows the recent publication of the government’s …

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ethical financial reporting

Company boards, particularly the non-executive director members, need to ensure they take an ethical and value-led approach to financial reporting according to the latest paper from the UK’s Institute of Business Ethics.

The author of the report Guy Jubb, former …

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Dutch stewardship code

The latest Dutch Female Board Index shows that the total numbers of female executive directors and the number of companies with female directors has fallen in the year to 31st August 2017 compared with the previous year.

The study of  …

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CEO pay revolts

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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Cybersecurity

Despite recent high profile cyber attacks more than two thirds of boards at the UK’s biggest  companies have not received training to deal with a cyber incident (68%) according to the government’s latest cyber governance health check survey.

The …

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