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Return to OFR

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) in the UK has launched a consultation seeking views on issues relating to corporate narrative reporting.

Proxy access

Last month the SEC finally adopted changes to the federal proxy and other rules to facilitate the rights of shareholders to nominate directors to a company’s board.

Investor Code for South Africa

The Committee on Responsible Investing by Institutional Investors in South Africa has issued a draft Code on responsible investment.

Approaching risk

Martin Kendall considers a board’s approach to the oversight of risk in the context of broader governance.

Naïveté of directors and regulators

Shann Turnbull argues that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) revealed the naïveté and irresponsibility of governments, regulators and company directors being involved in firms ‘too big to fail’.

Is corporate governance a modern fantasy?

Andrew Higson discusses the reality of financial reporting and questions the success of corporate governance in the modern business world.