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
Redrow chairman slams mega-payout for Persimmon CEO
A huge bonus for Persimmon chief executive Jeff Fairburn has been lambasted by the chairman of rival housebuilder Redrow. Steve Morgan said that Persimmon's £110m bonus scheme, of which CEO Jeff F...
10 January, 2018
Persimmon CEO defends bumper bonus scheme
The chief executive of housebuilder Persimmon has defended a widely criticised remuneration scheme that will give him a bonus of more than £100m. Persimmon's chairman Nicholas Wrigley, and remuner...
15 December, 2017
Persimmon chairmen resign over executive pay cap omission
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5 December, 2017
Remuneration committees’ remit broadened under revised UK Code
Wider workforce pay and policy influence, and details on how this relates to executive remuneration, would come under the remit of remuneration committees under a revised UK Corporate Governance Code....
7 November, 2017
Investors turn the screws over toned-down executive pay awards
FTSE350 companies have been given notice by shareholders that a trend to cut variable pay awards for executives should continue into 2018. The warning came from the
25 October, 2017
Former AA chairman Bob Mackenzie faces bonus repayment demand
Breakdown service the AA has demanded the repayment of more than £1m in bonuses from former chairman Bob Mackenzie following news of a previously undisclosed "public altercation", according to report...
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...
18 August, 2017
‘Shareholder spring’ dents FTSE100 remuneration rise
A reprise of the "shareholder spring" last year has seen more modest remuneration for the UK’s top company directors, according to research from the Investment Association. However, dissent among th...
17 August, 2017
