Will Integrated Reporting Deliver Value or Values?

August 24th, 2011 | 1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars Loading ... Loading ... | Email This | Print This | |

By Guest Author: Dr Rory Sullivan

There is growing support for the idea that companies should produce ‘integrated reports’ that explain how factors such as climate change, resource use or human rights will affect their current and future performance. The argument is that a more holistic approach to reporting – where companies combine their annual report with More…

Discretion Allowed? Should the chairman have a say on say-on-pay?

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What to do when shareholders elect not to vote on a resolution? Recent legal developments in Australia have raised interesting questions about the common practice of the chairman voting undirected proxies for say-on-pay resolutions.

In the majority of markets with developed shareholder voting procedures, for each proposal, the shareholder has three choices; to vote for, against or More…

Gender Diversity: Quotas or Targets?

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Gender diversity is proving to be a controversial topic in the marketplace as businesses and investors debate the issues raised by the recent review by Lord Davies on gender diversity in the corporate world.

Following the publication of ‘Women on Boards’ and in anticipation of the FRC’s consultation on the same, UKSIF held an useful analyst seminar More…