This survey from Shearman & Sterling reports on traditional governance topics, including shareholder engagement, shareholder activism, and CEO ratio pay, and aims to provide an overview of the current corporate governance landscape and to identify best practices for boards.
Read this resourceThe 2021 BDO Fall Board Pulse Survey explores the evolving corporate strategies public company boards of directors are considering, including how they plan to pursue growth and increase transparency around strategic shifts.
Read this resourceWillis Towers Watson’s 2021 recap of the Annual General Meeting season, plus executive director pay trends and non-executive director fees for companies in the FTSE 100.
Read this resourceThe BDO 600 examines compensation plans and pay levels of 600 mid-market public companies. The study is broken into two reports, CEO and CFO Compensation and Board Compensation, and includes comparisons by company size and these industries.
Read this resourceNorton Rose Fulbright explain that boards should consider taking responsibility for ESG, set up and follow an oversight protocol, influence behaviours through compensation, and report with caution.
Read this resourceThe key message of PwC’s review this year: it has never been so important for strategy to form the backbone of the annual report.
Read this resourceUnder newly SEC-approved Nasdaq rules relating to required disclosure of board diversity, beginning in 2023 listed companies will be expected to have at least two diverse directors – one female and one under-represented racial or LGBTQ+ individual – and in 2022 publicly disclose certain board diversity statistics.
Read this resourceThe results from KPMG’s 2021 report on executive remuneration in AIM-listed companies show a significant reduction in bonus pay-outs, with remuneration committees endeavouring to balance investor, employee, and stakeholder expectations whilst rewarding executives for their contributions through these turbulent times.
Read this resourceEnacting change in corporate Japan can be an uphill battle and activist shareholders need to be prepared to revisit some of their tactics and modus operandi in order to meet objectives.
Read this resourceThe UK Leadership Diversity Report 2021, delivered in partnership BoardEx, highlights how companies with strong diversity on their Boards and leadership teams hire candidates from underrepresented groups.
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