Rise in companies deviating from Swedish governance code
The Board’s 2019 Annual Report, published this week, revealed that over a third (34 per cent) of companies that apply the Code reported at least one deviation in 2018, up from 29 …
Read MoreReporting of the abuse of corporate jet use by top management at Sweden’s largest companies has focused attention on the internecine links between Sweden’s top investors and largest public companies
Svenska Dagbladet the Swedish newspaper has reported that Swedish forestry …
Last week, in a speech at a High Pay Commission seminar, the shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna and former Business Secretary Lord Myners both put forward arguments in favour of shareholder nomination committees as a way of improving corporate governance. …
Read MoreThe Swedish government has stepped in to halt incentive-based pay plan for executives at mobile phone operator TeliaSonera. At Wednesday’s AGM in Stockholm, the government used its 37 per cent stake to force through changes to the company’s pay structure …
Read MoreNäringslivets Börskommitté (NBK), the Swedish Industry and Commerce Stock Exchange Committee, has completed a review of the Swedish takeover rules which apply to regulated markets in Sweden (Nasdaq OMX Stockholm and Nordic Growth Market). Draft revised rules were published in …
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