Governance

1. Auditors, 19 June, 2018

   Watchdog spotlights KPMG for ‘deterioration’ in audit quality

   The Financial Reporting Council has highlighted a worsening in audit quality at KPMG as reports that audit standards across the Big Four firms has fallen.

2. Regulation, 18 June, 2018

   Executives warned of action using senior managers regime

   Prudential Regulatory Authority warns it will act using the senior managers' regime where executive behaviour is found to be wanting.

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   Company law, 18 June, 2018

   Lawful impediment: company law and insider control

   Does an increase in legal shareholder protection reduce insider control? Recent academic research finds that sometimes it does, but sometimes it does not.

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   Governance, 13 June, 2018

   Corporate governance principles for private companies published

   New corporate governance principles for private companies is revealed as new reporting requirements are laid before Parliament.

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   Quindell audit, 12 June, 2018

   KPMG fined over audit work at Quindell

   KPMG has been fined more than £3m and reprimanded for its audit work at insurance outsourcer Quindell.

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   Data security, 12 June, 2018

   Facebook’s fail: the ‘story’, the risks and the role of the board

   Cambridge Analytica harvested the data of 50 million Facebook users to help swing the US presidential election, but amid the trend for corporate governance 'narratives', did Facebook's directors forget the chapter on ethics?

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   Japanese stewardship and governance, 11 June, 2018

   Japan’s wave of governance reform is welcomed, and isn’t over yet

   Abenomics—or “Japan’s Revitalisation Strategy”—is awakening the concept of investor stewardship and focusing the minds of Japan’s corporate elite on how to improve governance standards.

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   Markets, 8 June, 2018

   UK listings rules for sovereign companies to change

   UK regulator clears the way for sovereign companies to list on the London Stock Exchange.

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   AGMs, 6 June, 2018

   Shareholder body advises against reappointment of Coca-Cola HBC chair

   Shareholder advisory group PIRC says the drinks company's current chairman can not be considered independent.

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   Financial services, 5 June, 2018

   Commonwealth Bank faces record fine over money laundering failings

   Australia's largest bank receives AU$700m fine for failings on money laundering regulation, thought to be the biggest civil penalty ever imposed in Australia.

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   Financial Reporting Council, 4 June, 2018

   More powers for FRC receives scant support from company secretaries

   A survey of company secretaries reveals that fewer than a third back the prospect of more powers for the UK's audit and governance regulator.

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    Remuneration, 1 June, 2018

    Remcos must be reformed to reign in executive pay

    If executive pay is to be brought under control, a different approach will be needed for remuneration committees and strategic planning.

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