The Boardroom Blog
Monday, March 01, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director
| Tags: FT,
FRC,
FTSE 350,
Simon Lowe,
non-executive director,
corporate governance review,
UK Corporate Governance Code,
Seamus Gillen,
Risk Capital Partners,
Peter Butler,
Sir Christopher Hogg,
ICSA,
Luke Johnson,
Financial Reporting Council,
Owners
The Financial Times Non-Executive Directors Club is holding a twilight event on 11 March to discuss the implications to the non-executive directors’ role in light of recent governance releases.
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Friday, February 26, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
technology,
investors,
Niki Dixon,
Corporate Finance,
Ash Hussain,
Wendy Hart,
Himanshu Raja,
cloud computing,
Martin Rowland,
BT Design,
Simon Davies,
ICT,
Software as a Service,
LDC,
SaaS,
Axial Systems,
Information and Communication Technologies,,
private equity,
UK firms specialised in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) continue to attract private equity investors, according to our recent ‘Where is the Smart Money Going in ICT?’ report. The survey of the 40 leading private equity investors backing UK ICT firms recorded 84% as saying that their firm planned to undertake an acquisition in the UK ICT sector over the next 12 months.
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Friday, February 12, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance
| Tags: FRC, governance, stewardship code, institutional investors
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has set its sights on improving the transparency of engagement between institutional investors and investee companies through its recently published consultation paper.
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Friday, February 12, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance
| Tags: FRC, Walker, governance, FTSE 350, Combined Code, non-executive directors, Corporate Governance Review, Grant Thornton
February sees the release of our eighth annual FTSE 250 Corporate Governance Review. This year the review shows that the FTSE 350 are now complying with, on average, 91% of the Code’s provisions. So is it job done?
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance
| Tags: FRC,
FTSE 350,
governance,
Murray,
Audit Firm Governance Code,
ICAEW
Grant Thornton UK LLP CEO Scott Barnes has welcomed the publication of the FRC and ICAEW’s Audit Firm Governance Code (the Code) as a positive step in promoting investor confidence in the auditing of listed companies, and promoting competition in the audit market.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance
| Tags: Corporate Governance Review,
Corporate Governance,
FTSE 350,
Grant Thornton,
Simon Lowe,
governance,
compliance,
Walker
The results are in for the 2009 Corporate Governance Review - is it job done for the FTSE 350?
- Companies comply with, on average, 91% of the Code’s provisions
- 68% of those who choose ‘explain’ now give more informed disclosure to support their non-compliance
- Of those who ‘explain’, 75% are compliant with all but one or two Code provisions
- 66% of the FTSE 350 produce a separate corporate responsibility report
Perhaps not….
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Monday, January 04, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director
| Tags: awards,
Grant Thornton,
Quoted Company Awards,
shortlist,
QCA
As the proud headline sponsor of the Quoted Company Awards awards since 2005, Grant Thornton is pleased to announce that the 2010 awards have been re-titled as the Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards.
The ceremony will be held in London on 29 January and here are details of the shortlist…
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009 | Posted by: Simon Lowe
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director
| Tags: FRC,
FTSE 350,
Simon Lowe,
risk,
Non-executive director,
Walker review,
Governance,
Corporate Governance review
The recent release of the Walker Review and the proposed reforms to the Combined Code set out by the FRC see further challenges set for NEDs and increased engagement by institutional investors.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director
| Tags: FT,
Corporate Governance Review,
Corporate Governance,
Michelle Edkins,
Barclays Global Investors,
Financial Times,
FTSE 350,
Simon Lowe,
governance
Interview with Michelle Edkins Managing Director, Head of Corporate Governance, Europe at Barclays Global Investors, at the launch event of the Financial Times Non-Executive Directors’ Club on 10 November 2009.
Simon Lowe, partner and author of the FTSE 350 Corporate Governance Review, was able to capture some pearls of wisdom on film, by speaking to Michelle Edkins about investor engagement and why she advises against talking about ‘corporate governance’
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Thursday, December 03, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance
| Tags: FT,
Corporate Governance,
David Jackson,
Financial Times,
Simon Lowe,
BP,
governance,
Non-executive director,
compliance
Interview with David Jackson, Company Secretary BP plc, at the launch event of the Financial Times Non-Executive Directors’ Club on 10th November 2009.
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Thursday, December 03, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Non-executive director
| Tags: FT,
Corporate Governance Review,
Michelle Edkins,
David Jackson,
Financial Times,
Simon Lowe,
BP,
Walker review
The re-launch event of the new Financial Times Non-Executive Directors’ Club, in association with Grant Thornton, provided the perfect opportunity for Simon Lowe, partner and author of the FTSE 350 Corporate Governance Review, to gain some insight into the future of governance in the wake of the Walker Review and the FRC’s review of the Combined Code.
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Thursday, November 26, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director
| Tags: FT,
listed,
FRC,
FTSE 350,
Simon Lowe,
governance,
risk,
NEDs,
Business Risk Services,
non-executive director
FTSE 350 non-executive directors (NEDs) now have greater levels of direct sector experience and are more numerous than in 2003, a new study undertaken by business and financial advisers Grant Thornton for the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has revealed.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: FT,
Corporate Governance,
Michelle Edkins,
David Jackson,
Barclays Global Investors,
Financial Times,
BP,
Lesley Stephenson,
Lucy Kellaway,
non-executive directors
This was the question posed at a recent event run by the Financial Times Non-Executive Directors’ Club in association with their partners, Grant Thornton.
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