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Tag: Corporate Governance

Labour’s view of corporate governance a work of fantasy?

November 21, 2019

By The City Grump

As part of its election campaign the Labour Party recently published ?Rewriting the Rules: Labour’s vision for corporate governance, accountability and regulation?. Nigh on every paragraph, sends the reader into a world of delusion.

CEO heads that rolled and what we can learn from them

December 20, 2018

By Jos? Hernandez

With the accountability of leaders being a major theme,?Ortus Strategies’?Jos” Hernandez unveils lessons from 2018 CEO mistakes.

Businesses must act on poor corporate governance, not just say they will

January 24, 2018

By Staff writer

A myriad of companies suffered crises last year that threatened, if not destroyed their reputations, which shows the importance of acting on poor corporate governance.

Get on top of risk in an age of increasing personal responsibility

October 13, 2017

By Staff writer

The corporate environment is changing, with leaders facing increasing personal responsibility for the reputations and ethical standing of the organisations they oversee.

Plans to tackle excessive executive pay “feeble” and “watered down”

August 30, 2017

By Shane Schutte

What prime minister Theresa May promised in her manifesto regarding corporate governance and excessive executive pay has fallen flat according to many.

Green paper on corporate governance reforms falls short

February 14, 2017

By Staff writer

The government’s green paper on corporate governance focuses on three areas for parliamentary debate: executive pay, strengthening the employee and wider stakeholder voice and extending current corporate governance regulations to large private businesses.

Serious shortcomings revealed in Sports Direct review fuels shareholder revolt at AGM

September 7, 2016

By Shane Schutte

Though it was by coincidence, the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) review of corporate governance comes hours before Sport Direct’s annual general meeting (AGM) – where shareholders will allegedly pressure billionaire tycoon Mike Ashley for a change.

Pressure is building for a renewed 2016 Shareholder Spring

May 24, 2016

By Edward Craft

2012 was the year it rained, save for those few brief weeks when London hosted the Olympic Games. However, for the investment community the year is remembered for the awakening of investor disquiet through the annual general meeting season, the Shareholder Spring.

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