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Diversity, 16 August, 2016
America’s boardroom diversity crisis
The US has failed to make the right progress on boardroom diversity. But the dominance of ageing, male directors cannot last.
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Public policy, 13 July, 2016
Theresa May and the future of corporate governance
Theresa May's proposals for corporate governance promises radical change, moving closer to a European model. But the reforms also raise fundamental questions for governance.
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Referendum, 4 July, 2016
Brexit waiting game
The Brexit waiting game is on and it won't be pleasant.
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EU Referendum, 26 June, 2016
The future after Brexit
The UK has voted to leave the European Union. The country's leaders must now negotiate an exit. The uncertainties for corporate governance and company strategy are as great as they have ever been.
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Audit committees, 21 June, 2016
New audit regs are here
The European Union's new Audit Directive is here and will present a significant change for audit committees and their responsibilities over auditor selection.
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Disclosure, 10 June, 2016
Tax transparency is here to stay
Companies are volunteering more about their tax affairs. But it comes in the context of governments and regulators preparing to set higher demands on disclosures.
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Retail, 6 June, 2016
The tragedy of BHS governance
BHS's demise reveals big questions for the purpose of governance.
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Comply or explain in the EU, 6 January, 2016
Fostering the principle
High-quality explanations for deviation from corporate governance codes are needed if the "comply or explain" principle is to take root across the EU.
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Appointments, 10 September, 2015
Two hats
Will Brian Moynihan survive as both chairman and chief executive of Bank of America after a vote later this month?
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Executive education, 23 August, 2015
‘Guinea pigs’ or highly trained professionals?
Being a company director requires much more than simply knowing the law, says David Doughty.
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Technology, 23 August, 2015
The great IT meltdown
There is little indication that banks are giving IT the kind of attention it undoubtedly needs.
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23 August, 2015
Rethinking risk leadership
John Hurrell argues that a new approach to risk leadership is required in our more challenging business environment.
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Diversity, 1 August, 2015
Anti-social behaviour
Socio-economic diversity may present a more complex problem than gender or ethnic diversity, but it makes commercial sense to sort it out.
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26 June, 2015
Capital markets union and governance
Improving the landscape for small and medium-sized business is not just about moving capital, it is a vast governance project too.
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Banking, 15 June, 2015
Banks, governance and selling RBS
The sale of RBS is as much a choice about governance as it is about economic value for the nation.
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UK governance code, 20 March, 2015
Britain’s broken corporate governance regime
Tesco's accounting scandal helps demonstrate that continuous “improvements” underlying the UK Code of Corporate Governance have, over the past 23 years, amounted to little more than a minor facelift.