The EQ Shareholder Voice Report 2022 offers all-new insights into the behaviour and motivations of retail shareholders. This is the second EQ Shareholder Voice Report, and it builds on the findings from last year. With new research from 3,000 individual shareholders in the UK and US and commentary f...

This guide aims to provide directors and their colleagues with advice they can implement on how to ensure engagement with all their stakeholders becomes even more effective. It considers the evolving regulatory landscape on engagement, but also encourages boards to think more imaginatively about wha...

To help prepare for AGMs in 2022, Equiniti (EQ) highlights three key themes in this report. AGM logistics: With no need for knee-jerk Covid-related reactions, companies are ensuring they offer the experience both retail shareholders and institutional investors need. ESG:

Digital tools proved their worth to boards during the pandemic and many of the practices put in place to ensure business survival will remain. However, digital tools will go further, according to experts. Data and technology will enable boards to view information more immediately and, as a result...

There can be little doubt that the global Covid-19 pandemic has forced corporate boards to embrace significant change. They have had to adapt new ways of working, ensuring corporate resilience, supply chain security, financial stability and the health and safety of their workforce. But ...

In the uncertain times at the height of any crisis, business leaders need to demonstrate their agility and ability to adapt to new, unrecognisable environments. Board directors will play a key role in enabling this spirit of leadership, not just through securing the business but empowering a plat...

Directors face liability over a range of new threats, with data breaches, executive misconduct and climate boosting D&O litigation claims. Board engagement with D&O risk and insurance has never been so important. Directors need to stay informed of the risks that lead to claims, and work w...

With the impacts of Covid-19 hitting just as the season took off, “fraught” was the watchword of 2020’s AGMs. Understanding that these were challenging times, proxy advisers and activist investors, whilst not mute, were more lenient than they might otherwise have been. Be aware: that will n...

Financial services firms are facing an unprecedented raft of challenges. Future-Proofing Financial Services – Special Report, produced by Board Agenda in partnership with Mazars, focuses on the key corporate governance issues facing boards & senior leadership teams in financial servic...

Board Agenda, in association with Mazars and INSEAD, asked C-suite executives and non-executives about their attitudes to risk and their views of the current risk environment in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. The 'Leadership in Risk Management - Board Report' reveals how corpo...

An internal investigation must be handled meticulously to avoid legal exposure, regulatory or criminal prosecution and reputational damage, and enable the board to comply with its obligations. This guide seeks to empower company directors in dealings with the authorities should an internal invest...

Few developments have been as influential on business as outsourcing. For boards around the world the benefit of outsourcing has moved from simply reducing costs to providing the opportunity for competitive advantage and strategic transformation. Boardroom Insights: The risks & rewards of...

Board-level risk management activities vary in organisations as a result of internal and external factors. This new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) highlights common challenges and good practices to overcome risk management difficulties. It includes the ‘risk ...

This report introduces a new model for integrated thinking, called the ‘spring model’, having been developed by the participants of the IIRC’s Integrated Thinking & Strategy Group over the last two years as they embed integrated thinking within their own organisations, as well as sharing t...

We know from discussions with stakeholders that retendering and auditor rotation contributes to improved confidence in audit and we have also seen evidence of competition on grounds of audit quality. Thus, the FRC considers it a good time to update its notes on how best to support an effective tende...

The primary purpose of the Guidance on Board Effectiveness is to stimulate boards’ thinking on how they can carry out their role and encourage them to focus on continually improving their effectiveness. Ultimately, it is for individual boards to decide on the governance arrangements most appropria...

Boards are coming under more scrutiny and pressure than ever before from regulators, investors and the public to be effective and to continually raise their performance. More accountability is called for, which brings further complexity ...

Diligent has hosted over 100 director interviews, virtual roundtables, webinars and podcasts since COVID-19 began. We’ve summed up our findings in a report, which offers a snapshot of corporate boardrooms right now.

Whether it’s a lack of engagement or security, poorly executed virtual meetings can lessen productivity, weaken camaraderie, and (most importantly) compromise sensitive information at all levels of an organisation. As video conferences become an increasingly important collaboration tool for board...

Diversity in the boardroom is now seen as good business practice—supporting enhanced decision-making, market understanding and employee engagement. Regulators and investors see the value in board diversity, and are willing to engage on the issue where weaknesses are identified. There is also a pen...

The impact of digital transformation changes virtually every aspect of an organisation, and corporate boards are no exception. As an organisation becomes more agile, reduces cycle times and adopts analytics-driven processes, becoming a real-time entity, so, too, must the board that governs it. This ...

Digital transformation and new technology is rapidly changing each aspect of an organisation, which is greatly impacting how boards operate. Understanding how to use technology to drive more benefit to an organisation is of the utmost importance. Enterprise Governance Management (EGM) is an emerging...

The health of the relationship between a company and its shareholders is critical. Tulchan’s report examines why this relationship has appeared to become increasingly uncomfortable in recent years. The State of Stewardship report investigates the sentiment in UK boardrooms today. After speaking...

The Sustainability Board Report releases an annual report on ESG preparedness of corporate boards of directors of the world’s largest 100 publicly listed companies. This year is the report’s fifth edition, tracking a global snapshot of boards and directors’ ESG engagement, collaborating wit...

Companies affect human rights every day in their interactions with employees, suppliers, consumers, partners and communities. This CEO Guide provides insight into how companies are meeting the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and shares actions business leaders are taking to get ...

                                      Increasingly organisations are appointing advisory boards. There are many good reasons for a company to do so. Advisory boards are no substitute for statutory boards of directors. Indeed, properly constituted, advisory board...

Over the past 18 months, non-institutional shareholders have increased their access to and knowledge of equity markets—and exert growing influence over them. Reflecting on this shift in the investment landscape, Equiniti has created a report that deepens understanding of the behaviour and motiv...

This report from Board Agenda and Mazars, in association with INSEAD, examines the adoption and perceived benefits of AI, as well as the constraints and AI's potential impact on corporate culture. It is clear that despite considerable interest in AI and an expectation that over two-third...

The Global Business Complexity Index 2022 looks at differences in the rules and requirements for doing business in 77 jurisdictions, capturing the world’s largest economies and investment hubs, and representing 92% of world GDP. This report explores factors driving the success or failure of intern...

Georgeson's 2022 European AGM Season Review is a thorough analysis of general meeting trends across seven major European markets. Read this report to learn about the notable developments and takeaways from the 2022 season and how shareholders’ priorities will change in 2023. The 2022 AGM season ma...

This guidance note gives a brief overview of the role of corporate boards of directors in relation to the concept of “affected stakeholders”. This is the essence of stakeholder capitalism, in which companies seek long-term value creation by considering the needs of all of their stakeholders, and...

At the end of 2021, Mazars surveyed over 1,000 executives around the world for its annual C-suite barometer. It uncovered a sense of confidence and resilience. With the ongoing impact of the pandemic and the deeply concerning events in Ukraine, these are qualities that are likely to be tested once a...