It has become one of the most disparaged – and lampooned – regulatory institutions of this century.
The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) oversight of the audit profession has been dubbed everything from ramshackle to …
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Companies face new reporting and governance targets
Companies have been urged to improve their corporate reporting and governance practices in a new report from the Financial Reporting Council.
The FRC published its Annual Review of the UK Corporate Governance …
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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a new UK Stewardship Code which is due to come into effect on 1 January 2020.
The revised Code has set a higher standard for how money is …
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FRC promises corporate governance and reporting crackdown
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to expand its monitoring of corporate governance and reporting standards as it considers the effectiveness of its new governance code.
In its annual report for the year …
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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) dealt out a record £43m in fines during the past year for misconduct and breaches, as the regulator accelerated cases to conclusion.
The …
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HMRC loses chief to new audit watchdog as Leadsom means business
The chief executive of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs service has been confirmed as the person to lead the Financial Reporting Council into the refreshed entity the Audit, Reporting …
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FRC and FCA target new, rigorous stewardship regime,
SRDII implementation begins, ESG resourcing questioned
In the latest round of consultations and discussion documents, the UK’s governance and financial markets regulators have laid out their “substantially higher expectations for investor stewardship …
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The Institute of Directors (IoD) has called for tougher rules on executive pay, including greater transparency over the effect of share buy-backs, in its response to the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) consultation on the revised UK corporate governance code.
The …
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The Labour Party has criticised the UK government’s choice of chair for its coalition group that will be developing corporate governance principles for private companies. James Wates CBE, chairman of Wates, a family-owned construction firm, chaired the first meeting …
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