24 September, 2018
Compliance failures and diversity doubts
While the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has set a path towards increased focus on boardroom diversity within its new corporate governance code, there is some consternation that its existing guidel...
12 July, 2018
Stobart chairman wins pyrrhic AGM vote as board overhaul looms
A major boardroom overhaul looms at support services group Stobart, despite fending off attempts by investors to oust chairman Iain Ferguson (pictured). Its AGM saw Ferguson receive 51.2% of votes ...
3 July, 2018
Female directors boost company performance, says research
Increasing the average number of female directors on a board can increase company performance by more than a tenth, according to a study in Singapore. The research, conducted by Lawrence Lo of the ...
18 April, 2018
Legal & General and investment group to ‘vote against’ non-diverse boards
The heat has been put on boards that fail to manage compliance with diversity targets, after key investor representatives issued broadsides against those with too few women in place. Legal & Ge...
28 July, 2017
Seat at the Table event develops female executives
Fidelio, the executive search company, is to host its latest
7 June, 2017
Gender diversity best where companies are also led by women
Gender diversity has improved more on company boards around the world where the chief executive or chairman is also a woman, according to research from Deloitte. The firm's latest
2 May, 2017
Urban Outfitters faces action over diversity criticism
Clothing retailer Urban Outfitters faces claims that it has failed to address a lack of boardroom diversity. CtW Investment Group has now written to investors proposing they vote against the reapp...
18 April, 2017
Legal & General to vote against all-male US boards
All-male boards in the US will see the UK's biggest fund manager vote against them in a move to up the ante on boardroom diversity, according to a report in the Financial Times.
12 April, 2017
