31 January, 2020
Investor focus on results and remuneration ‘creating friction’ with boards
Executive pay and and short-term results are dominating conversations between investors and company boards, instead of discussions focused on long-term strategic issues, according to the head of an in...
30 January, 2020
EcoDa: Stakeholder model should not turn boards into “bargaining bodies”
A body representing business directors across Europe has called for a more nuanced viewed of “stakeholder” business models saying boards should not be forced into becoming “bargaining bodies” ...
22 January, 2020
Why stakeholder capitalism is dominating the global business agenda
Like it or not the debate about “stakeholder capitalism” is coming to dominate discussion of big business around the world. Further evidence comes at this year’s
9 January, 2020
Five myths and five realities about the role of shareholders
In August, the Business Roundtable, led by JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, issued a well-meaning but ultimately confusing statement about
21 November, 2019
Companies need to grow the pie, not worry about how to split it
Business has lost the public’s trust. CEO pay and profits are soaring, wh...
11 October, 2018
Balancing act: stock exchanges and dual-class shares
Stock exchanges form a critical component of the global financial market ecosystem, serving as gatekeepers linking companies to investors and as ...
28 September, 2018
Employee ownership: a help or hindrance to UK business?
CBI director-general Carolyn Fairbairn describes Labour’s business plan as displaying a “wilful misunderstanding of business”, and would “hobble UK ambitions to compete on a global stage”. ...
15 January, 2018
Reported fraud in the UK soars to more than £2bn
The total value of fraud in the UK has risen by 538% to £2.11bn in the past 15 years, and was up by 6.5% in 2017 from £1.99bn in 2016, new research shows. The study by accountancy firm BDO LLP, ...
1 November, 2017
Sense in sustainability: the changing focus for boards
Sustainability has become more than a trendy buzzword in business in the past few years as an increasing number of companies are putting it at the centre of their strategies.
13 January, 2017
