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Activist investors, 18 January, 2019
Citi’s information-sharing deal unlikely to spread
US bank Citigroup has agreed a deal to share "confidential information" with activist investor ValueAct. EU regulation means a copycat arrangement would be tricky in the UK.
Year in Review, 24 December, 2018
2018: A year in governance
This past year has been packed with governance events from the launch of new codes, executive pay debates, and leadership behaviour debacles to climate change, cybersecurity scandals and the Khashoggi murder.
Audit market, 21 December, 2018
Audit committees braced for new relationship with regulators
The Competition and Markets Authority has made its recommendations for changing the audit market. The proposals will also make audit committees answer to regulators.
20 December, 2018
Tax transparency: compliance burden or reputation booster?
Boards could take the opportunity to turn transparency to their advantage. A penetrating light is being shone on the tax affairs of multinational entities—but tax transparency will encompass all businesses in time.
Whistleblowers & complaints, 20 December, 2018
Being prepared: The rise in internal investigations
Financial firms are involved in an increasing number of internal investigations. Boards must be ready to engage with the process should the need arise.
Governance structures, 19 December, 2018
Subsidiaries under scrutiny
In an era of tightening regulation and increased shareholder scrutiny, boards are increasing oversight of their satellite companies to ensure they operate within robust frameworks.
Shareholder rights, 18 October, 2018
How the revised shareholder directive will help overcome short-termism
The EU’s amended Shareholder Rights Directive came into force in June 2017, and will be rolled out across member states by 2019. It aims to tackle short-termism among investors. But what are the law’s key elements?
Pension regulation, 12 September, 2018
‘Uncharted territory’ for directors as hard line set for pension regulation
Board directors are entering a tough new era, with regulatory proposals to impose sanctions for directors who deliberately put their employees’ pensions at risk.
