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AIM: Hidden director payments at Real Food Company

AIM-listed Real Good Food has admitted to not disclosing payments to directors in its related parties transaction notes within its annual reports for three financial years from 2014 to 2016.

These notes should have revealed the payment of consultancy fees …

S&P 100 companies increase disclosure on investor engagement

Nearly half of S&P 100 companies included information in 2016 that showed how they responded to shareholder concerns and made changes to policies, according to a new report from US corporate adviser, Equilar.

In 2016 42% of S&P …

UK’s FRC asks for more governance powers

The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has argued that it needs more powers to take enforcement action against directors so that it can investigate and prosecute all directors for financial reporting breaches and associated issues of integrity, rather than only …

Tax transparency: EU proposals face dilution threat

Tax transparency campaigners are looking to the European Parliament to continue to have a strong stance on public tax disclosure after EU member states agreed in December on a position that weakened European Commission proposals contained in the latest draft …

IOSCO pushes on international accounting standards and benchmarks

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), which represents global financial regulators, has published a statement on implementation of new accounting standards related to revenue, financial instruments, and leases.

The three new International Financial Reporting (IFRS) Standards, issued by …

CFA-UK calls for better company reports

New research from the CFA-UK, the membership association of financial analysts, highlights aspects of financial reporting in annual reports which investors feel need to be improved.

CFA-UK members were asked to rank the sections of annual reports by their …

Company tax disclosures improving says FRC

Company tax disclosure has improved in the UK according to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). In a new review of 33 companies’ reports and accounts the FRC found evidence of improvements in the transparency of disclosures included in strategic reports …

Global Governance Regulatory Round-up

Taiwan

Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles update

In response to the latest G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, Taiwan has updated its Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles for companies listed on its stock exchanges.

Key changes include allowing investor engagment; creation of …

UK rolls out gender pay gap reporting regulations

The UK government will have the power to make, through regulations, the framework for gender pay gap reporting by companies with 250 or more employees when Section 78 of the Equality Act 2010 comes into force on 22nd August.

Section …

Investors & companies “in the dark over value of the workforce”

Understanding the value of a company’s workforce is important for investors, and companies should improve their reporting on this and be able to link this reporting to their wider company strategy and business model, according to the Pensions and Lifetime …