All Europe articles – Page 74

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    Are pharma firms set for increased scrutiny?

    2016-12-06T11:30:00Z

    How pharmaceutical firms price their products is getting a lot of additional attention in the United Kingdom and United States. Neil Hodge reports.

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    Slavery risks on compliance agenda

    2016-11-29T11:45:00Z

    With the number of people being sold into slavery on the rise every year (there are currently between 21 and 46 million victims of slavery worldwide, with one new victim every 4-8 seconds), experts discuss how to battle slavery risk in the corporate supply chain. Neil Hodge reports.

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    Your big day in court: The compliance challenges of witness preparation

    2016-11-29T11:15:00Z

    Getting a witness ready for court often calls for training, but the U.S. and the U.K. have big differences in how much training is allowed. Mark Solon explains.

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    French compliance with governance code

    2016-11-23T08:45:00Z

    Paul Hodgson provides a look at the Autorité des marchés financiers’ annual report on corporate governance and executive remuneration, which offers an in-depth analysis of compliance with the French governance code, AFEP-MEDEF.

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    TalkTalk’s £400,000 data hack fine is a dire warning

    2016-11-08T11:30:00Z

    Regulators have used TalkTalk as an example that they can and will go after companies that take cyber-security and protecting customer data lightly. Neil Hodge explores.

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    ISS seeks comment on proposed voting policy changes

    2016-11-08T10:30:00Z

    Paul Hodgson looks at proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services’ proposed changes to its 2017 voting policies.

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    Make it clearer, says Financial Reporting Council

    2016-11-07T12:45:00Z

    The Financial Reporting Council has given audit committee chairs and finance directors a shopping list of improvements it expects companies to make to their annual reports. Paul Hodgson has more.

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    Conflicts of interest: The EU and the revolving door

    2016-11-01T12:15:00Z

    Tom Fox explores the recent appointment of former EU commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso to non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs’ London-based investment bank. Is the move a violation of conflict of interest rules?

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    U.K. introduces bill to tackle criminal financing

    2016-10-28T14:00:00Z

    The U.K. government has published legislation that gives law enforcement agencies new powers to tackle money laundering and corruption, seize the proceeds of crime, and counter terrorist financing. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.

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    European Union, Apple, and Ireland tax

    2016-10-25T10:15:00Z

    U.S. tech firm Apple has been ordered by the European Commission to pay €13bn (U.S. $14B) in back taxes, a move that has many up in arms and worried it may set a precedent for U.S. firms operating overseas. Neil Hodge has more.

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    The rewards for corruption in British football

    2016-10-18T13:30:00Z

    U.K. footie can’t claim to be “the beautiful game” when it’s being stained by corruption. Paul Hodgson reports.

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    Why can’t HM Revenues and Customs get out of its own way?

    2016-10-18T12:00:00Z

    According to a panel of academics and tax experts, the U.K.’s leading tax authority is too big, too slow, and too ineffective to persist in its current form. Neil Hodge has more.

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    U.K. debate on corporate culture rolls on

    2016-10-05T13:45:00Z

    U.K. corporate culture has remained largely unchanged since the financial crisis, but a variety of forces are aiming to change that, and soon. Neil Hodge reports.

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    IoD rates FTSE 100’s corporate governance

    2016-10-04T17:00:00Z

    Paul Hodgson looks at results from the Institute of Directors’ recent survey that ranks the FTSE 100’s corporate governance methodologies. See who scored highest and who has more room for improvement.

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    How Sports Direct flouts the law without actually breaking it

    2016-10-04T11:45:00Z

    Sports Direct is under fire for unacceptable employment practices, but ultimately, it might not have to change its ways much at all. Neil Hodge explains.

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    Sports Direct: realising the error of some of its ways

    2016-10-04T10:00:00Z

    Embattled U.K. sports retailer Sports Direct is making some outward signs of trying to reform itself in light of the brutal working conditions at its stores. But is any of it substantive? Paul Hodgson investigates.

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    SFO charges three Tesco execs

    2016-09-27T11:15:00Z

    The Financial Reporting Council ended the investigation of U.K. retail giant Tesco’s former CFO, and the Serious Fraud Office just brought charges against three more individuals. Neil Hodge has more.

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    SFO investigates Airbus for fraud, bribery, and corruption

    2016-09-20T12:30:00Z

    Five years after the Bribery Act, the Serious Fraud Office has yet to produce a major conviction. Will Airbus—the latest aerospace company under investigation—be its first big collar? Neil Hodge reports.

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    Mind the pay gap, especially if you are older and a mother

    2016-09-20T12:15:00Z

    New rules from the U.K. government requiring firms with 250 or more employees to publish specific details on pay, including compensation differences between the sexes, should put a dent in the male/female wage gap. Paul Hodgson reports.

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    FIFA appoints chief compliance officer

    2016-09-16T14:45:00Z

    The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of professional soccer, today announced that Edward Hanover, an experienced international compliance executive, has been appointed as the organisation’s chief compliance officer. He will begin work on 1 Oct. 2016. Jaclyn Jaeger has more.