19 August, 2019
FTSE 100 CEO pay falls as investors retain focus on remuneration policy
Median chief executive pay has fallen in the FTSE 100, according to new figures. Research from Deloitte claims median pay dropped from £4m to £3.4m in 2018, while the number of companies facing l...
16 July, 2019
Financial watchdog moves to strengthen audit ethics
Given the frequency of trouble facing auditors in recent years, there was bound to be a reaction. While the government continues to wrestle with reforming the audit market and audit regulation, the cu...
18 April, 2019
Audit committees face public reprimand as part of market reforms
Audit committees should face public reprimand by regulators if they fail to provide adequate scrutiny of their auditors, according to recommendations from the UK’s competition authority. The prop...
19 September, 2018
Audit woes and reform wrangles
In July 2002 Lord Sharman, a former chairman of KPMG International, conceded in the pages of Accountancy Age, a trade publication for bean counters, that having a public sector body audit lis...
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...
17 August, 2018
US chief executive pay surges 17.6%
Chief executive pay in the US has surged significantly, growing by 17.6% from 2016–17, according to figures from a think-tank. The rise takes the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio to 312 to 1, risi...
14 August, 2018
Investors tougher on pay in latest voting season
The UK has seen a significant rise in the number of investor revolts against remuneration reports, according to figures published by Big Four accounting firm Deloitte. The news will support the vie...
1 August, 2018
Investors increasingly vote against remuneration reports
Shareholder revolts against remuneration reports look on course to increase significantly, according to figures from the Investment Association. By the end of July thi...
10 July, 2018
Big Four accountants accused of EU tax policy ‘conflict’
A lobby group has called for the Big Four accountancy firms to be "kicked out" of the policy-forming process in Europe. Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), a Brussels-based group whose aim is to â€...
9 July, 2018
