Podcast — UK FinReg Focus Areas in 2025: Wholesale Markets
As the 2025 AGM and reporting season passes its peak, we have produced a note of our reflections on what we’ve seen in the market so far this year, and developments we’re expecting in the coming months. The key themes...more
Last month, the State Attorney-General and the Israel Securities Authority published their positions with regard to the overruling mechanism. The context relates to the requirement for public companies and private companies...more
Recent reforms in the UK market have led to less prescriptive executive remuneration principles that encourage companies to tailor structures to their business, strategy, and performance while consulting with shareholders....more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. In this month’s issue, we discuss...more
A key factor in recent discussions on revitalising London’s place as a capital markets and financial services hub has been a renewed attention on executive compensation. Recent comments made by Julia Hoggett, the CEO of the...more
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange recently published a consultation paper seeking market feedback on its proposed rule amendments relating to share schemes of Hong Kong–listed issuers and their subsidiaries. The consultation...more
CONSOB approved regulatory changes to adapt the Italian second-level regulation to the Shareholder Rights Directive II. The key regulatory changes concern: - Remuneration Reporting, - Related-Party...more
In a tumultuous year, one of the key clear messages to emerge from 2020 was that environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns are here to stay. As mentioned in our 31 July 2020 article “ESG in 2020: A Half-Year...more
Executive pay has been a hot topic for a number of years but the uncertainty created by the pandemic has resulted in an increased level of scrutiny of public company pay decisions and revised related proxy voting...more
The 2020 annual general meeting (AGM) season presented challenges for the remuneration committees of U.K. listed companies, which look set to continue into the 2021 season. Executive compensation, the widening gap between...more
The Investment Association (IA) has published (i) additional guidance on shareholder expectations for executive remuneration in light of COVID; (ii) its 2021 Principles of Remuneration; and (iii) its statement on executive...more
As companies look to plan their FY 2020 annual report and prepare for the 2021 AGM season, we have reflected on our experience in 2020. We summarise below key learnings and what we think will undoubtedly be on the agenda and...more
The Israel Securities Authority announced a new relief for public companies regarding directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. This relief will enable companies to include in remuneration policies only the scope of the...more
As the season for shareholders' annual general meetings is fast approaching, we are sharing with our clients and friends some suggestions that we believe provide strategic flexibility and reflect best practices in corporate...more
Der Bundestag hat mit Zustimmung des Bundesrats vom 29. November 2019 das Gesetz zur Umsetzung der zweiten Aktionärsrechterichtlinie (ARUG II) in der Fassung der Beschlussempfehlung des Rechtsausschusses vom 13. November 2019...more
Following consultations, the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code (the "DCGK") adopted the new version of the Code on May 9, 2019 and published it on May 22, 2019 (new version of the DCGK (in...more
A company listed on a stock exchange market is subject to various specific requirements which go beyond information obligations. Compliance with such stock exchange matters is a complex and demanding task, entailing a series...more
On July 16, 2018, the U.K. Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published a revised U.K. Corporate Governance Code (the Revised Code), following feedback received from its consultation paper published in December 2017. The FRC's...more