Contents

Annual review of corporate reporting

The FRC’s Annual Review of Corporate Reporting reviews the quality of corporate reporting by FTSE 350 companies, highlights the most frequently raised topics where improvements are needed and sets out the FRC’s disclosure expectations for 2022/2023.

Board role in addressing volatility

As companies continue to deal with volatility and a knot of recessionary pressures, the board’s evolving role is more important than ever, according to a recent report published by BDO.

CEO outlook

Chief executive officers have confidence in their companies’ resilience and are relatively optimistic about growth prospects, according to a recent report.

Broadening disclosure

Barriers to senior leadership

Non-exec pay

Fiona Hathorn considers why share-pay for non-execs is at odds with the quality of governance.

Board effectiveness reviews

Chris Stamp and Ian White look at maximising the value of external board effectiveness reviews.

Virtual/hybrid AGMS

Fiona Chalmers reports on research into the 2022 AGM season which shows that the share of AGMs held as hybrid has almost tripled but the format remains uncommon.