Acting on AI: California Targets Tech Transparency with New Bill

1 October 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill which aims to “enhance online safety by installing commonsense guardrails on the development of frontier artificial …

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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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AI Cyber Governance Risk

Sparking Good Governance: Responding to Rising AI and Cyber Risks

August 14, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

With 60% of S&P 500 companies identifying material artificial intelligence-related (AI) risks to their business, cyber-security risk management is once again rising to the …

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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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Asset Managers AMF France

Poor Performance: France’s AMF Details Asset Managers Regulatory Shortcomings

July 15, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), France’s financial regulator, has highlighted several cases of poor performance by large asset managers operating in the country.

A …

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SEC forms climate and ESG taskforce

Shareholder Setback: US SEC Ruling Heightens Proposal Problems

June 10, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

A federal judge has approved US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules which make it more challenging for shareholders to file proposals at companies’ AGMs.

The …

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Slow progress

Responsible Investment Regression: Asset Manager Progress “Significantly” Slows

May 30, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

A report from NGO ShareAction has branded most asset managers’ responsible investment practice standard as “disappointing”, with progress having “slowed significantly” since 2022.

The report graded …

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AI and Accountability: The Emerging ESG Risk Institutional Investors Can’t Ignore

May 20, 2025


By Jack Grogan-Fenn

A shareholder proposal filed by a Canadian trade union has called on Thomson Reuters to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) governance framework to …

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Flatout at flatex? Demands for leadership change at June’s Virtual AGM

May 17th, 2024


A high-stakes shareholder fight has broken out at Germany’s fintech brokerage flatexDEGIRO AG. After a flurry of senior management changes, twenty percent shareholder, GfBk Gesellschaft für …

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Sustainability

UK watchdog consults on sustainability governance frameworks

February 17, 2023


The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a discussion paper on the role of sustainability-related governance frameworks in finance.

As part of its commitment to creating a policy approach …

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