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Corporate Governance News This section on Corporate Governance provides investors with the latest topical news plus some informal comments and insights from ShareSoc’s directors and other contributors.
Yet another example of an inconvenient date/time for an AGM is Proactis Holdings (PHD) – see previous blog posts covering the same issue at Dunelm and DX Group. Proactis…
Read moreShareSoc (the UK Individual Shareholders Society) was asked to give evidence to the Business, Energy, Innovation and Skills (BEIS) Select Committee Inquiry on Corporate Governance. Cliff Weight represented…
Read moreDo you ever have difficulty understanding how a company really makes its money? If so it’s worth noting that the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have recently published a…
Read moreShareSoc has issued a press release noting our submission to the Parliament BIS Committee Inquiry into Corporate Governance. It requests more power for ultimate investors. Here is a…
Read moreAn article in the Financial Times on Friday (30/9/2016) focussed on the resistance of business to Theresa May’s “responsible capitalism”. Although the article acknowledged the need for change,…
Read moreAt the Annual General Meeting of Foresight 4 VCT today, all three board directors only very narrowly managed to get re-elected – with 50.01% voting FOR Chairman Philip…
Read moreLast night (27/9/2016) BBC Radio covered the topic of the AIM market and asked whether enough was being done to protect investors. See File on Four www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07wby0z .…
Read moreThe BIS Select Committee of MPs has launched an inquiry into corporate governance focussing on executive pay, directors duties, and the composition of boardrooms. That includes worker representation…
Read more“Restoring Responsible Ownership” is the title of a paper published today by Chris Philp, M.P., on the topic of “Ending the Ownerless Corporation and Controlling Executive Pay”. Many…
Read moreThe High Pay Centre have just published their latest analysis of the pay of FTSE-100 CEOs. Their average pay is now £5.5 million and it grew by over…
Read moreSports Direct (SPD) have received a requistioned resolution for its Annual General Meeting on the 7th September. The resolution which has been put forward by Unite Union and…
Read moreThe Investment Association represents institutional investors. Last week (on 26/7/2016) their Executive Remuneration Working Group issued ten recommendations for how to “rebuild trust in pay”. They claim to…
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