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Decrying DEI: Texas’ Paxton Brands 100+ State Laws as “Unconstitutional”

23 January 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Texas’ Attorney General Ken Paxton has declared that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, programmes and more than 100 “woke” state laws are “unconstitutional”.…

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Regulation Regression: UK Axes Audit and Corporate Governance Reform Bill

22 January 2026


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The UK government has ditched its long-awaited Audit and Corporate Governance Reform Bill in a controversial decision which has courted condemnation from corporate governance …

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Succession Plan Scrutiny: AMF Explores Succession Planning Governance Risks

17 December 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has explored executive succession plan transparency in a review of 53 listed companies in its 2025 Corporate Governance Report

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GGIC Growth: Major Investors Back Campaign Challenging Corporate Governance “Misconceptions”

4 December 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Investors with more than U$245 trillion in AUM have thrown their weight behind a new report from the Governance for Growth Investor Campaign (GGIC) …

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Challenging Corporate Governance: Japanese PM Swipes at Companies’ Shareholder Focus

14 November 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

Japan’s Prime Minster Sanae Takaichi has condemned companies for having too great a focus on their shareholders and taking insufficient action to increase wages …

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ASX

Corporate Governance Changes: ASX Approves Overhaul of Principles Process

24 October 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has agreed to assume responsibility for developing, approving and issuing its Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, effectively scrapping the long-running …

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Backing BPPG: Industry Experts Voice Support for Proxy Advisors’ Position

17 October 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The role of proxy advisors, the threat of onerous and heavy-handed regulation and concerns over so-called ‘robovoting’ were among the topics discussed during the …

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Dutch Corporate Governance Code

Dutch Danger: Corporate Governance Code in Crosshairs

23 September 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

A motion calling for the Dutch Corporate Governance Code to be scrapped could have severe consequences, a corporate governance expert has warned. 

Joris Thijssen, a Green Left-Labour …

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Investors Drive FTSE 100 to Put Climate Plans to Vote

September 5, 2025


By Daniel Kehoe

Institutional investors are, for a fifth year in a row, ramping up pressure on FTSE 100 companies to allow their shareholders to have …

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Governance UK Pension Funds

Galvanising Governance: UK Pension Schemes Instigate Investor Campaign

July 22, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

UK pension schemes have created a campaign to promote the importance of effective corporate governance standards and investor rights mechanisms in strengthening UK capital markets and …

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