INVESTOR CODE FOR SOUTH AFRICA
In South Africa the Committee
on Responsible Investing by Institutional Investors has issued a draft Code on
responsible investment for public comment by the end of October.
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RETURN TO OFR
The Department for Business
Innovation and Skills (BIS) in the UK has launched a consultation seeking views
on issues relating to corporate narrative reporting.
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PROXY ACCESS
The question of shareholders
getting access to the proxy in the US has been a major governance issue for many
years.
Public companies hold
elections to select members of their boards of directors. In most cases, the
existing directors nominate the slate of candidates and the company sends
information to the shareholders through so-called proxy materials, so those
shareholders have information to vote their shares.
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BOARD EFFECTIVENESS
Draft guidance on board effectiveness has been
published by the ICSA for consultation, focusing on the role of the chairman,
the importance of effective challenge in the boardroom and the advantages of
board diversity.
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APPROACHING RISK
Martin Kendall considers a board’s approach to the oversight of risk in the
context of broader governance.
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NAIVETE OF DIRECTORS AND REGULATORS
Dr Shann Turnbull
argues that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) revealed the naïveté and
irresponsibility of governments, regulators and company directors being involved
in firms “too big to fail”.
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IS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE A MODERN FANTASY?
Andrew Higson discusses the reality of financial reporting and questions the
success of corporate governance in the modern business world.
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CAN REGULATORS DO MORE?
In a recent speech
Hector Sants looked at whether regulators should have a role to play in
relation to the ethics and culture of the firms they regulate.
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