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The Female FTSE Board Report 2018

The latest annual Report from Cranfield School of Management criticises the lack of progress in improving gender diversity at the highest executive echelons of FTSE 350 companies, identifies the leading players in gender diversity in the FTSE 100 and highlights those companies that are lagging behind the rest.

Global Compliance Complexity Index 2018

A new Report from TMF Group gives a detailed understanding of the changing picture of corporate compliance across 84 countries, ranking them in order of the complexity of regulatory compliance.

Top boardroom concerns

Implementing GDPR

Too much expected of section 172?

Professors Joan Loughrey and Terry McNulty ask if the Government and the FRC are focusing on the wrong issue to restore trust in business.

More authenticity?

Anne Kirkeby considers the changing face of UK governance and reporting and the need to focus on long-term value creation and argues that what’s needed in FTSE 100 annual reports is more authenticity.

The new UK CG Code

Anthony Fitzsimmons looks at the new UK Corporate Governance Code and Guidance on Board Effectiveness which were both published last month.