The Boardroom Blog
Thursday, May 06, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Corruption,
Fraud,
Governance,
Non-executive director,
Risk
| Tags: FTSE 350,
non-executive director,
UK Corporate Governance Code,
corporate governance review
The Financial Times Non-Executive Directors Club is holding a practical and interactive workshop for experienced non-executives on 10 June 2010 to discuss the implications of risk, fraud and corruption to the non-executive directors’ role.
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Non-executive director
| Tags: survey,
FT,
non-executive director,
recruitment,
remuneration,
NED
The Financial Times, in association with Grant Thornton, are undertaking a survey of existing and aspiring non-executive directors in the UK to learn more about this unique sector.
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Monday, March 15, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance
| Tags: business models,
Board,
New Business Models,
listed,
The Economist,
Strategy
We commissioned The Economist Intelligence Unit to survey UK executives on how assumptions on business models have changed, and how companies are planning to adapt over the next 18 months.
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Monday, March 01, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance,
Non-executive director
| Tags: FT,
FRC,
Simon Lowe,
FTSE 350,
non-executive director,
Luke Johnson,
UK Corporate Governance Code,
Peter Butler,
corporate governance review,
Sir Christopher Hogg,
Seamus Gillen,
ICSA,
Risk Capital Partners,
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,
Wendy Hart,
investors,
Simon Davies,
Himanshu Raja,
ICT,
cloud computing,
Ash Hussain,
Martin Rowland,
Axial Systems,
Corporate Finance,
Niki Dixon,
SaaS,
LDC,
BT Design,
Software as a Service,
private equity,,
Information and Communication Technologies,
UK firms specialised in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) continue to attract private equity investors, according to our recent Continue Reading
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: governance,
FRC,
FTSE 350,
ICAEW,
Murray,
Audit Firm Governance Code
Grant Thornton UK LLP CEO Scott Barnes has welcomed the publication of the FRC and Continue Reading
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance
| Tags: Grant Thornton,
governance,
compliance,
Corporate Governance,
Simon Lowe,
FTSE 350,
Corporate Governance Review,
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: Grant Thornton,
awards,
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: risk,
FRC,
Simon Lowe,
FTSE 350,
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: governance,
FT,
Corporate Governance,
Simon Lowe,
FTSE 350,
Corporate Governance Review,
Michelle Edkins,
Financial Times,
Barclays Global Investors
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: governance,
FT,
compliance,
Corporate Governance,
Simon Lowe,
David Jackson,
BP,
Financial Times,
Non-executive director
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,
Simon Lowe,
Corporate Governance Review,
Michelle Edkins,
David Jackson,
BP,
Financial Times,
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: governance,
risk,
FT,
FRC,
Simon Lowe,
FTSE 350,
non-executive director,
listed,
NEDs,
Business Risk Services
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,
BP,
Financial Times,
Barclays Global Investors,
non-executive directors,
Lesley Stephenson,
Lucy Kellaway
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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