Share owners should give a XXXX says EU

“Don’t be British, be Australian” is the message from Claire Bury, the EU’s corporate governance official.

Speaking at the UK’s National Associate of Pension Funds investment conference in Edinburgh recently, Claire outlined the Commission’s approach to the forthcoming Governance Green Paper which will be launched in April. Not exactly the best timing in the …… continue reading >>

All our Christmases come at once?

The European Commission this week published a summary of the responses to its Green Paper on Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions.

The paper revealed some not so surprising results when it comes to views about the role of institutional investors: many want to see mandatory disclosure of voting policies and records; there’s …… continue reading >>

EU warns on board diversity

The threat of quotas to improve board diversity moved a step closer last week with EU Fundamental Rights Commissioner Viviane Reding telling the European parliament: “Equality in decision-making is not yet a fact … I do not rule out the possibility of putting forward legislation in this area.”

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Brussels turns attention to unfair 'tying' practices

With shareholder engagement moving ever higher up the (potentially) regulatory and market best practice agenda, voting is likewise coming under the spotlight. In recent days, we have seen the unexpected result of the Infineon AGM provoke concerns about ‘irregularities in the voting process’.

Manifest’s own investor conference in Paris in September 2009 demonstrated …… continue reading >>

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