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Mutual funds sign execs’ cheques

US mutual funds voted in favour of management proposals on changes to executive pay policies at a rate of 84%, and ratified executive pay packages at a rate of 77% in 2009, according to...
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Company regulator considered

The government is considering merging various regulatory bodies into a single authority whose role may include “regulating corporate governance, corporate information and its disclosure, and...
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UK meetings round-up

Last week saw Cable & Wireless face yet another rebuke from its shareholders over remuneration. With the company now split in two, this was the first AGM for Cable & Wireless...
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PIRC is in the DNA of the good corporate governance

“Let’s not forget how quickly yesterday’s heresy can become today’s mainstream opinion. Ten years ago PIRC was portrayed as pursuing a radical agenda. Now much of what PIRC said in the past is in the DNA of UK corporate governance. Back then many fund managers did not even vote, now the large majority do, and many try and vote intelligently rather than routinely supporting management.“
Brendan Barber
General Secretary, Trades Union Congress, October 2003

Meetings

Saturday July 31, 2010
There are no meetings today