Regulation

1. 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?

2. 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.

Compliance, 11 September, 2018

Understanding the true costs of compliance and non-compliance

Companies are dealing with an avalanche of new compliance rules and requirements at an ever-increasing speed, and they must understand the costs of getting it both right and wrong.



Governance and regulation, 1 August, 2018

Governance briefs from around Europe

Governance and regulation news from around Europe, from European voices on British boards post-Brexit, to investors calling for worker representation on boards.



Pay inequality, 14 June, 2018

New UK CEO pay-ratio reporting laws announced

The UK government has drafted regulations to hold large UK-listed companies to account for the pay gap between executives and their average employees.



Financial services, 12 June, 2018

EU inches closer to banking governance reforms

EU leaders have agreed a package of reforms for banking, paving the way for negotiations to begin.



Executive pay, 11 June, 2018

Companies face new law demanding they justify pay gap

New laws will require companies to justify their pay gap and report on how their policies "act in the interests of employees and shareholders".



Corporate crime, 8 June, 2018

Ireland raises the bar on tackling white-collar crime

A range of new anti-corruption offences are set to become law in Ireland to cover a variety of new offences aimed at tackling bribery and corruption.



Merger regulation, 5 June, 2018

European Court of Justice provides guidance on merger ‘gun-jumping’

The European Court of Justice has published guidance on "gun-jumping", a failure by merging parties to comply with the “standstill obligation”, which requires companies to seek clearance by a competition authority before implementing a merger.



Insolvency, 25 May, 2018

Measures to protect stakeholders in insolvent firms proposed

Measures to reduce the risk of major company failure through poor governance or stewardship, and to strengthen the responsibilities of directors of firms in or approaching insolvency, have been proposed by the UK government.

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