Gervais Williams

Corporate governance rules on AIM

‘Whilst some AIM corporate boards do set out a fair amount of their own independent thinking on the issue, in the main most others have reached for ‘boilerplate’ statements that look suspiciously similar to each other! Without any requirement to link these statements to any particular corporate governance code, it has been easy to skip over much of the detail.’

Sallie Pilot

Purpose beyond profit

‘In our survey of executives across the globe, we found that a majority, 93 per cent, think effectively explaining value creation in corporate disclosures is important. ... At the same time, a majority reported a lack of confidence that their businesses disclose the right information externally, or capture the right information internally.’