Finance
INSIGHT: Risk management, 1 December, 2022
Risk: beware the leadership clique
The rapid collapse and bankruptcy of huge cryptocurrency exchange FTX carries a salutary lesson about the need for challenge on every board.
COMMENT: Audit reform, 25 November, 2022
Why we need audit reform right now
There is an “urgent need” for reform to the audit landscape as well as internal audit, the Chartered IIA argues.
INSIGHT: Executive pay, 21 November, 2022
Why are ‘ethical’ executives still highly paid?
The way the labour market works—or fails to work—presents a dilemma for remuneration committees when it comes to executive pay.
NEWS: Governance, 10 November, 2022
FRC unveils new audit committee standards
Watchdog’s guidance to audit committees aims at expanding choice and addressing competition within the audit market.
NEWS: Audit reform, 31 October, 2022
Years after Carillion’s collapse, the UK still waits for audit reform
Researchers say inquiry focused on apportioning blame to individuals, rather than investigating the regulatory system.
NEWS: Governance, 27 October, 2022
News round-up: this week in governance
Company cashflow reporting; workers on boards; country-by-country tax reporting; FTSE companies and ethics; US corporate crime database.
NEWS: ESG investment, 13 October, 2022
Experts clash over ESG investment ‘agenda’
US professor slates PRI for ‘undue influence’ on the financial markets, while PRI maintains the need to inform investors on ESG.
NEWS: Governance, 29 September, 2022
News round-up: this week in governance
Governance in Ukraine, FCA’s ‘constructive discussions’ with AJ Bell, final report on KPMG’s conduct, climate risk reporting in California.