7 May, 2019
Investors fail to challenge CEO pay
Back in 2012 the UK was in the grip of a debate about executive pay. The coalition government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were determined to do something about it. Indeed, by 2013 UK shareh...
29 August, 2018
Shareholder revolts against remuneration reports rise
Revolts against remuneration reports look on course to increase significantly, according to figures from the Investment Association. By the end of July the Public Register of shareholder resolution...
2 January, 2018
European CEO pay ratios highest in UK, France and Germany
Pay ratios of CEOs in the UK are higher than in any other European country, a study has revealed. The
25 September, 2017
Interserve chief’s payoff elicits investor criticism following profit warning
The severance pay of former Interserve chief executive Adrian Ringrose has been criticised following the company’s share price collapse. Ringrose stepped down as chief executive at the end of Aug...
4 September, 2017
UK government waters down plans to strengthen corporate governance
Watered-down proposals to improve the UK’s corporate governance regime have been
29 August, 2017
Publishing pay ratios is ‘crude’, but are a ‘step in the right direction’
Publishing executive and staff pay ratios under new governance reform rules would be a "crude" measure of valuing remuneration, but it should force boards to consider pay as a whole, experts have s...
29 August, 2017
Governance reform expands reporting obligation of large UK firms
Large non-listed companies in the UK will have to report on how they take into account the interests of employees, shareholders and the environment in which they operate, in what will be the biggest ...
3 August, 2017
FTSE100 CEO pay falls but much further to go, say governance experts
A fall in the average FTSE100 CEO pay packet has been welcomed as a “step in the right direction”, although the ratio between them and the pay of their employees remained extremely high at 129 to ...
14 July, 2017
Burberry shareholders revolt against executive pay report
Close to one-third of shareholders voted against the remuneration report of global fashion brand Burberry at its AGM this week. The vote came after
3 July, 2017
