1 March, 2021
Furlough cash adds to ethical dilemmas around executive pay
Pay is in the news again. This time boards have been warned that pay should not be excessive, especially if their companies have received pandemic furlough money that has not been paid back. The ethic...
11 August, 2020
Shareholders happier with CEO pay levels
Shareholders appear to be happier with chief executive pay levels. Evidence collected by close observers reveals that the number of FTSE 100 companies seeing a shareholder revolt—a vote of less than...
7 May, 2020
Quarter of FTSE 100 companies cut executive pay
New analysis reveals just how significant the role of executive pay has been in the corporate response to the Covid-19 crisis. Analysis by
9 April, 2020
Investors ‘expect boards to take a long-term view’ amid crisis
Investors expect boards to focus on a “long-term” approach to coping with the economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis, according to guidance from one of the largest groups of asset managers in the ...
6 March, 2020
Investment Association calls for better climate risk reporting
More pressure is on the way for companies over climate risk reporting. The Investment Association (IA), a professional bo...
2 March, 2020
FTSE firms given written warning over gender diversity
Almost a fifth of FTSE 350 companies begin work this week wondering how they will address a lack of gender diversity on their boards and in their senior management.
28 May, 2019
Shareholders call for greater transparency on dividend policies
Shareholders have called for greater transparency on dividend policies following a review that found one in five companies are failing to stage an annual vote on dividend payouts, or are simply making...
30 January, 2019
New stewardship code shifts emphasis to disclosures and ‘outcomes’
If you thought only companies were required to be clear about their “purpose”, think again. This morning the UK’s governance regulator has given fair warning to asset managers that they too will...
5 December, 2018
‘Repeat offenders’ warned to heed shareholder revolts
It seems some companies are unwilling to learn the lessons of last year’s shareholder revolts. That, at least, is the view of the Investment Association (IA), a trade body for investment managers, w...
7 September, 2018
