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Public disclosure of a company’s ultimate owners

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published a response to its consultation on enhancing the transparency of UK company ownership and increasing trust in UK business.

Proposed revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code 

The FRC is consulting on proposed changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code which, if implemented, will apply to reporting years beginning on or after 1 October 2014.

Bigger shareholder say over executive pay

The European Commission (EC) has recently published a package of proposed reforms to company law and corporate governance practice, including provisions designed to give shareholders more influence on executive pay.

Improving corporate governance

Corporate reporting in a digital world

The board’s strategic succession imperative

Helen Pitcher argues that succession planning needs to be broader than simply board level appointments and should include identifying the talent pipeline within.

Materiality – a new era of transparency and scrutiny

Lawrence Reed considers new audit report disclosure requirements which call for more transparency from external auditors as to how they go about setting levels of materiality.

Tone from the Top

An extract from a White paper produced by Sharon Constançon based on the latest in Genius Methods’ Corporate Governance Panel Debate series which brought together a wide range of experts to gain a better understanding of the role of the chairman.