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More companies see pay pressure

The 2012 UK AGM season continues to see companies facing sizeable votes against pay in particular.

Last week car dealer...
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Knight Capital loses Say on Pay

Knight Capital became the latest company to have its remuneration package fall under the blades of the shareholder guillotine after failing to gain shareholder support for its executive pay...
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Analysts split over quarterlies

There is a clear split between U.S. analysts and those in the rest of the world over the value of quarterly reporting by companies, Citigroup...
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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