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...
20 July, 2018
Shareholders reject Royal Mail’s remuneration report
Royal Mail yesterday saw one of the biggest shareholder revolts over a remuneration report of any company listed in the UK. Investors voted 70.17% against a report, which had included a "golden hel...
17 July, 2018
Investor urges boards to embrace worker representation set out by new code
Stronger representation of the workforce on the UK’s major company boards is one of the key highlights of the reconstituted Corporate Governance Code, according to commentators. The code sets out...
16 July, 2018
Board chairs offered extension on nine-year terms in new code
Board chairs have been offered flexibility to serve beyond a nine-year term in the UK's new corporate governance code. Released on Monday this week, an earlier draft had been notable for provisions...
26 June, 2018
Outgoing Carrefour chief gives up €4m of retirement package
Georges Plassat, who retired as chief executive of French supermarket group Carrefour in July 2017, has agreed to relinquish €4m of his retirement package after uproar from unions and harsh criticis...
7 June, 2018
Female non-executive directors ‘expect less pay’ than males
Female non-executives are asking for much lower pay than their male counterparts, according to a new study. Research into the pay patterns of 6,000 senior operational staff and board members by Nor...
6 June, 2018
Shareholder body advises against reappointment of Coca-Cola HBC chair
Shareholders have been advised to vote against the reappointment of Coca-Cola HBC chairman Anastassis G. David ahead of the company's AGM. PIRC, the shareholder advisory group, said that David was ...
16 May, 2018
Investor representative pushes for vote against Shell remuneration
A key shareholder advisory firm has called on investors to vote against Royal Dutch Shell’s 2017 remuneration report, containing details of chief executive Ben van Beurden’s €9m (£7.9m) pay. ...
26 February, 2018
Share buybacks: a question of governance?
The common practice of share buybacks is on the UK government’s agenda. In late January the department for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) annou...
8 February, 2018
