Tag: International Corporate Governance Network
Public markets warned over governance standards
Reforms aimed at boosting listings must not ‘dilute investor protection’, warns the International Corporate Governance Network.
ICGN: Virtual-only AGMs put investors at a disadvantage
Hybrid gatherings allow informal interaction and help build trust, reports the International Corporate Governance Network.
ICGN adds its resistance to online-only AGMs
The International Corporate Governance Network’s CEO has written to the EU to prevent ‘weakening shareholder rights’.
Lords confront proposals on virtual-only AGMs
Some defended the ‘scrutiny’ that face-to-face AGMs present, seeing online-only meetings as a bid to beat the ‘awkward squad’.
Sustainability reporting law may spur voluntary action
A third of companies out of scope of the streamlined CSRD ‘may still use it’ to make disclosures, says new estimate.
News round-up: this week in governance
Planned succession is the norm, finds survey; partners’ pay packets at the Big Four; ICGN takes on US SEC over shareholders’ rights.
Virtual-only AGMs ‘threaten governance’
As the government announces its backing for online, virtual AGMs, ShareAction warns of the potential loss of scrutiny.
JPMorgan ditches proxy advisers in the US
The bank’s asset management arm is rejecting third-party data in favour of its own in-house AI tool, Proxy IQ.
‘Foreign-owned’ proxy advisers come under fire in the US
The White House orders the SEC to examine whether ‘politically-motivated’ proxies are ‘conspiring…to diminish the value of…investment’.
News round-up: this week in governance
Big Four concede a share of PIE audits; ICGN rewards stewardship; FCA proposes ESG ratings regulation; 100 days of leading and learning.