Governance
NEWS: Remuneration, 18 December, 2020
Pay ratio reports: boards challenged to reveal how they will use data
A study from the High Pay Centre on pay ratio reports has prompted calls for significant governance reforms in pay and worker representation.
NEWS: Investors, 15 December, 2020
NBIM set to publish voting intentions five days before company AGMs
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund cites greater transparency as the motive for the policy change, after an earlier pledge to publish voting rationales.
COMMENT: Ethics, 11 December, 2020
Australian parliamentary report slams Rio Tinto board and culture
Investigation concludes the relationship between the Rio Tinto board and CEO was a key factor in the Juukan Gorge scandal.
INSIGHT: Strategy, 11 December, 2020
It’s time for sustainability to be the big issue in the boardroom
While progress is being made, the primary measure of performance for most boards and investors largely remains short-term earnings.
NEWS: Board responsibilities, 10 December, 2020
‘Unfriendly’ boards served better information by CEOs
Empire-building CEOs prepare more informative reports on investment projects when faced with unfriendly boards, research reveals.
NEWS: Corporate governance, 10 December, 2020
Sacha Sadan: ‘Good companies have always thought about these issues’
Forget the buzzwords, says LGIM’s Sacha Sadan. Stewardship has always been central to effective governance—firms now need to articulate it.
PODCAST: Governance, 9 December, 2020
LGIM’s Sacha Sadan on stewardship and sustainability
We talk to Sacha Sadan, LGIM’s director of investment stewardship and one of the industry’s most influential thinkers on corporate governance.
NEWS: Legislation, 8 December, 2020
‘Future generations’ clause in section 172 could boost sustainability
Researchers argue a “system change” in favour of sustainability needs stronger regulation to hold directors to account.
NEWS: Research, 4 December, 2020
Evidence builds for introduction of new audit committee standards
Financial Reporting Council says new report “lends weight to proposals for reforms in the audit sector”, including new standards for committees.
NEWS: Gender diversity, 2 December, 2020
Shareholder pressure gets women directors on US boards
Study reveals that recent campaigns by BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard have significantly increased the number of women on US boards.