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Governance in Brief
Your summary of the latest corporate governance developments.
Checklists
A series of checklists to assist companies to comply with current governance, legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Corporate Governance Disclosure Checklist - For periods commencing on or after 29 June 2010
- Corporate Governance Disclosure Checklist - For periods commencing on or after 29 June 2008 and before 29 June 2010
- Directors' remuneration disclosure checklist for quoted companies (Companies Act 2006) - for periods commencing on or after 6 April 2008
Dig Deeper
Gems and jetsam
The Deloitte 2011 survey of annual reports. Gems and jetsam gives a unique inside view of the latest trends in corporate reporting.
Hitting the right note
Directors' Alert: 12 issues for 2012
Waiting until conditions return to normal is not an option; companies that continue to wait to reinvest in their busines risk falling behind.
12 issues for 2012: When uncertainty reigns
Director 360
Research based on interviews with 215 non-executive directors at companies across 12 countries. The survey explores the topical issues regarding board effectiveness, how boards are functioning and the changing roles of directors.
Setting the tone - A New Focus for Governance
This publication sets out a summary of the key new areas of focus contained in the FRC's new UK Corporate Governance Code together with suggested actions and questions that boards should ask on a practical route to implementation.
Briefing on the European Commission Green Paper on corporate governance in financial institutions and remuneration policies
Source guidance from the Financial Reporting Council
Links to relevant source materials from the Financial Reporting Council.
Hot Topics
The latest developments in corporate governance
The corporate governance arena is the subject of intense scrutiny at present. The links below set out the latest developments:
- Effective company stewardship - FRC consults on changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code
- BIS indicates next steps on the future of narrative reporting
- European Commission weighs options to break the 'glass ceiling' for women on boards
- Professor John Kay issues his interim report on a review of the UK equity markets and long-term decision making
- FRC publishes paper on its comply or explain approach to Corporate Governance
- Responding to increased country and currency risk in financial reports
- FRC reports high level of implementation of key corporate governance provisions
- Sharman Panel recommends improvements to reporting of going concern and liquidity risks
- FRC announces future changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code on diversity
- The future of narrative reporting - BIS consults on a new reporting framework
- BIS seeks views on executive remuneration issues
- Next steps on Effective Company Stewardship
- FRC sets out insights on current approaches to risk management
- Towards integrated reporting - International Integrated Reporting Committee Discussion Paper
- EC issues Green Paper on the EU Corporate Governance Framework
- UK Bribery Act 2010 - just three months to comply
- FRC publishes new guidance on board effectiveness
- Lord Davies' report on 'Women on boards'
- FRRP highlights challenges in the reporting of principal risks and uncertainties
- FRC highlights latest issues for audit committees
- Getting it right - A report on risk governance in non-financial services companies
Women in the boardroom
A global perspective on the efforts around the world to introduce quotas for women on listed company boards of directors.
Going Concern
The FRC has issued updated guidance for directors of UK companies on going concern and liquidity risk.This page provides links to guidance and consultation papers published by the FRC in recent months.