Comment

Comply or explain in the EU, 6 January, 2016

Fostering the principle

High-quality explanations for deviation from corporate governance codes are needed if the “comply or explain” principle is to take root across the EU.



Appointments, 10 September, 2015

Two hats

Will Brian Moynihan survive as both chairman and chief executive of Bank of America after a vote later this month?



Executive education, 23 August, 2015

‘Guinea pigs’ or highly trained professionals?

Being a company director requires much more than simply knowing the law, says David Doughty.



Technology, 23 August, 2015

The great IT meltdown

There is little indication that banks are giving IT the kind of attention it undoubtedly needs.



23 August, 2015

Rethinking risk leadership

John Hurrell argues that a new approach to risk leadership is required in our more challenging business environment.



Diversity, 1 August, 2015

Anti-social behaviour

Socio-economic diversity may present a more complex problem than gender or ethnic diversity, but it makes commercial sense to sort it out.



26 June, 2015

Capital markets union and governance

Improving the landscape for small and medium-sized business is not just about moving capital, it is a vast governance project too.



Banking, 15 June, 2015

Banks, governance and selling RBS

The sale of RBS is as much a choice about governance as it is about economic value for the nation.



UK governance code, 20 March, 2015

Britain’s broken corporate governance regime

Tesco’s accounting scandal helps demonstrate that continuous “improvements” underlying the UK Code of Corporate Governance have, over the past 23 years, amounted to little more than a minor facelift.