29 Nov, 2024 Planning ahead for reporting changes under the 2024 Governance Code: FRC Review of Corporate Governance Reporting By Makayla Knott Rós Ní Dhubháin On 26 November, the FRC published its 2024 Review of Corporate Governance Reporting (the Review). The below summarises some of the...
07 Nov, 2024 Time is ticking for the Failure to Prevent Fraud offence coming into force By Matthew Bruce Ben Morgan Ali Sallaway Emily Knight Laura Feldman Caroline Doherty de Novoa +3 more... Show less On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published final guidance on what constitute reasonable prevention procedures (the “Guidance”), on...
31 Oct, 2024 UK shareholder claims: no market reliance as English High Court strikes out passive investors’ claims By Emma Probyn Flavia Williams Tobias Messervy-Whiting On 25 October 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust & Ors v Barclays Plc, finding in favour...
31 Oct, 2024 Autumn Budget 2024 - what are the key points from a People & Reward perspective? By Dawn Heath David Mendel Jane Wolstenholme Anika Prasad +1 more... Show less Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, unveiled this year’s Autumn Budget. Announcing a package of reforms aiming to...
11 Oct, 2024 Employment Rights Bill explained By Holly Insley David Mendel Anika Prasad In the nick of time before the expiry of its first 100 days, the government yesterday unveiled its long-awaited Employment Rights Bill....
11 Oct, 2024 "Guidelines not rules" - our take on the Investment Association updated Principles of Remuneration By Alice Greenwell David Mendel Anika Prasad Amelia Lamp +1 more... Show less On 8 October, the Investment Association (IA) published its updated Principles of Remuneration (the Principles) following the review...
25 Sep, 2024 FCA consultation on publicising investigations: Talks to resume By Lucy Clark After a few months of silence (the FCA’s promise to listen to the “extensive feedback” it had received at the consultation’s close in...
31 Jul, 2024 Changes to the UK Stewardship Code seek to ease the burdens on signatories and support the growth of UK capital markets By Elisabeth Overland Christopher Bernard Yashi Chandra On 22 July 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced several immediate revisions to the UK Stewardship Code 2020 in order to...
29 Jul, 2024 GenAI and board minute-taking By Zofia Aszendorf Joseph Mason Rós Ní Dhubháin Makayla Knott +1 more... Show less Many companies are exploring the ways in which generative AI tools may be employed to assist with board minute-taking. Such AI tools...