Corporate Governance
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Blog postCII: Lyft’s planned share structure harms investors
The Council of Institutional Investors is expressing “deep concern” about Lyft’s initial public offering filing, because it implemented a dual-class share structure lacking “sunset provisions to unwind it within a reasonable time period.”
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Grant Thornton forms audit quality advisory panel
Grant Thornton is joining the Big 4 in appointing more leadership to its firm governance to drive more focus on audit quality.
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EY forms independent audit quality committee
EY has joined the rest of the Big Four in seeking independent consult on audit quality, forming a committee of outside experts to advise firm leaders.
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FRC issues corporate governance principles for private companies
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) issued its long-awaited corporate governance standards for private companies, providing a framework to help the companies meet legal requirements and improve and disclose their governance.
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EY plans succession as global chairman, CEO resigns
EY says it will name a new global chairman and CEO in January to replace Mark Weinberger, who plans to step down July 1, 2019.
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Article
Even as regulations vaporize, corporate governance takes hold globally
A new report says the lure of cross-border investors is doing as much to demand corporate best practices as government rule regimes.
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Carillion: compliance without complying
The Carillion collapse illustrates once again that compliance with the U.K. corporate governance code does nothing to prevent bad actors from making bad decisions.
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U.K. corporate governance reforms
Neil Hodge explores the government’s corporate governance reform proposals relating to executive pay; strengthening the employee, customer, and supplier voice; and large, privately held businesses.
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The Financial Reporting Council makes its case for broader powers
An influential committee of Members of Parliament has recommended a wide-ranging series of changes aimed at boosting the powers of the U.K.’s corporate governance regulator.
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ICSA initiates governance sea change
A call to overhaul the U.K. board governance system involves an unlikely alliance of organizations that underscores just how badly some camps want change. Paul Hodgson has more.
