French companies improve corporate governance disclosures

The findings of the 2010 AMF report on the corporate governance of listed companies, based on a sample of 60 companies (34 in the CAC 40 and 26 in the SBF 120), show improvements both in practices and in transparency with regard to corporate governance and executive compensation. However the AMF …… continue reading >>

Ireland’s Financial Regulator publishes corporate governance consultation responses

Some responses to the Consultation Paper on Corporate Governance Requirements for credit institutions and insurance undertakings have now been published on the website of the Irish Financial Regulator. The Consultation Paper proposed a regulatory framework for corporate governance for credit institutions and insurance undertakings, setting out minimum standards to be met.

In …… continue reading >>

Irish Corporate Governance Code consultation opened

A consultation paper has been published by the Irish Stock Exchange in which it proposes the introduction of an Irish Corporate Governance Code, a draft copy of which has been published. The proposed Code supplements the existing Combined Code (being renamed the UK Corporate Governance Code) with some …… continue reading >>

Commission consults on Corporate Governance green paper

The European Commission has this week launched a consultation, in the form of a green paper, in preparation for taking measures to enhance corporate governance in financial institutions and remuneration policies.

It is significant that the Commission is keen to avoid killing the spirit of what it is trying to …… continue reading >>

What can the Maori meaning of governance teach us?

As Western economies tie themselves in knots trying to protect financial markets from future harm and arguing about what role governance plays in that process, commentators have been struggling to define governance and who should be responsible for it. We found this very apposite quote from New Zealand’s Business Day blog “Stirring the Pot” which was discussing a …… continue reading >>

Barnier eyes up pan-European ownership regulation

The prospect of new regulation at the ownership end of corporate governance mechanisms in Europe is beginning to take shape.

The new Member of the European Commission responsible for Internal Market and Services, Michel Barnier, has recently been making increasingly clear his views on the future directon of regulation in response to …… continue reading >>

Tough self-questioning in Dublin

Whilst the future shape of shareholder engagement responsibility is debated in London, Brussels and across continental Europe, the debate in Dublin is a fierce as anywhere.

In what is traditionally a very close-knit investment and business community, the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) and the Deputy Prime Minister participated in a full and frank …… continue reading >>

ASX Corporate Governance Principles to be updated

The ASX Corporate Governance Council has released a communiqué on its recent work programme and it proposal to make changes to the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (‘the ASX Code’) with an expected implementation date from 1 July 2010.

Following the publication of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) earlier …… continue reading >>

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