OWNER? LENDER?
‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’ – wise words in their time and still
worthy of reflection nowadays, particularly when looking at short selling from a
corporate governance angle.
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RATING AGENCIES
Charlie McCreevy speaks of ‘the rot at the heart of the structured finance rating process’ and calls for mandatory, well targeted and robust internal governance reforms
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RECRUIT, RETAIN AND MOTIVATE
There is growing discontent on the part of UK investors in relation to retention
bonuses as evidenced by voting and public comment following the AGMs of Royal
Dutch Shell, GlaxoSmithKline and Reed Elsevier amongst others. Whilst it is
clear that companies need to ensure continuity and a smooth succession,
retention bonuses are no guarantee of that and, from a shareholder perspective,
suggest that the existing remuneration structures are not working as intended.
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CHOICE IN THE AUDIT MARKET
Following the recommendations of
the Market Participants Group (MPG) in October 2007, the Financial Reporting
Council (FRC) has published a report of the steps carried out towards those
objectives.
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SEEKING THE COMMON PURPOSE
Peter Butler reflects on the current state of director and shareholder dialogue in various regions of the world and outlines an ICGN initiative to get these discussions on to the same page
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POUR ENCOURAGER LES AUTRES
Paul Lee looks at some recent UK investor activism campaigns and asks if they have been more concerned with not setting precedents in general rather than with issues at the individual companies concerned
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ENHANCED EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Fiona Banyard, Jane Fiona Cumming and Neela Bettridge share the results of a global study looking at how employee engagement can improve corporate performance
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