14 June, 2018
New UK CEO pay-ratio reporting laws announced
All UK-listed companies with more than 250 employees in the UK will have to report annually on the difference in pay between their chief executive officer (CEO) and their average UK worker, under plan...
5 June, 2018
Commonwealth Bank faces record fine over money laundering failings
Commonwealth Bank, Australia's largest bank, is to pay a fine of AU$700m (£400.3m; €456.8m) to resolve a money laundering case. It is thought to be the biggest civil penalty ever imposed in Aust...
16 May, 2018
Many firms not ready for GDPR: but compliant organisations reap benefits
The 25 May General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline has finally passed, but research from the previous week revealed that 85% of firms in Europe and the US would not be ready in time—and a...
12 March, 2018
Time for a governance rethink: enforced compliance or not?
Are we getting corporate governance right? The end of last year saw another iteration of the UK’s Corporate Governance Code. The consultation w...
23 February, 2018
Which direction for corporate governance?
Over the past few decades, corporate governance has shifted from the wings to a prominent, centre-stage position, evolving against a backdrop of increasingly global business, a growing n...
21 February, 2018
Could a revised governance code offer broader scope?
Just when it might seem that corporate governance debacles were receding into the past, along come two more as reminders that confidence in business can be fragile. Events at Persimmon (...
19 February, 2018
Financial and administrative burden on Belgian companies ‘too high’
Belgian companies spend almost €6bn a year meeting the requirements of employment, tax and environmental regulations. A report by the Federal Planning Bureau said the total costs to companies in ...
13 February, 2018
Compliance: take it or leave it
Compliance may mean meeting legal or regulatory obligations, but in a corporate setting, compliance is viewed as a cost from both a people and a financial resource perspective. “Essent...
17 January, 2018
Half of large corporates have unreported compliance breaches
More than half of UK companies have compliance breaches that remain unreported to regulators, according to new research. The survey reveals that 52% of large corporates are aware of "compliance iss...
8 December, 2017
