Governance
NEWS: Governance, 30 August, 2024
News round-up: this week in governance
Women dominate HR leadership; fair value versus historic cost conundrum; AI evolution moving too fast; Vanguard’s environmental and social voting
NEWS: Audit quality, 29 August, 2024
US enters final stage for new audit quality control regs
Watchdogs delay new audit regulations as debate continues over quality control measures.
NEWS: Shareholder proposals, 22 August, 2024
BlackRock declines to support anti-ESG shareholder resolutions
Fund manager refuses to back resolutions “seeking to roll back efforts to address material sustainability-related risks”.
NEWS: Governance, 22 August, 2024
Director’s code draws on Nolan Principles
IoD’s new code of conduct for directors expected to become ‘badge of pride’
NEWS: Governance, 20 August, 2024
Anti-ESG resolutions on the rise at US AGMs
Number of anti-ESG proposals may be rising but they are failing to win support, says Morningstar
NEWS: CEO pay, 13 August, 2024
Median FTSE 100 CEO pay rises to record high
AstraZeneca’s chief executive, Sir Pascal Soriot, tops the list with £16.85m, High Pay Centre research reveals.
NEWS: Governance, 12 August, 2024
Wates Principles disclosures improve—but raise ‘concern’
Companies are complying with the governance code, but ‘continue to struggle’, finds research on behalf of regulators.
INSIGHT: 2024 AGM Season, 8 August, 2024
FTSE 100 sees investor approvals skyrocket
In the 2024 AGM season, for the first time in more than a decade, shareholders passed 100% of FTSE 100 management resolutions.