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Stewardship Code update

The Investment Management Association has published their latest report on adherence to the FRC’s Stewardship Code by asset owners, asset managers and service providers.

Proxy season: top ten trends for 2013 

‘Being responsive to shareholder concerns about topics such as board diversity and political spending can pay off’, according to a report by EY LLP’s Corporate Governance Center.

MENA lags in corporate governance

Misperceptions of the respective roles and responsibilities of the board and management, as well as a lack of transparency and accountability are some of the hurdles in the region according to a study by Harvard Business School and GrowthGate Capital.

Global director survey

QCA revised CG Code

Executive remuneration reforms

New Dutch CG rules

Executive pay disclosure

Sean O’Hare asks if we are at last getting convergence in respect of executive pay disclosure and looks at what lessons can be learned from the latest changes proposed in the UK, Europe and Australia.

Reflections on board review Part 1

In this first of a two part article, Alison Gill and James Bagge share their experience of the six most common challenges to the effectiveness of a board based on their recent experience of reviewing boards.