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FRC overhauls Stewardship Code
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- 04 Jun 2025
The updated Investor Stewardship Code 2026 aims to reduce the reporting burden for signatories, following an extensive consultation.
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FRC publishes latest edition of UK Stewardship Code
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- 04 Jun 2025
The updated stewardship code aims to reduce the reporting burden for signatories while supporting long-term sustainable value creation.
Financial stewardship lessons from Naomi Campbell’s charity collapse
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- 28 Oct 2024
With a primary purpose to ease hardships among people in disaster areas, anti-poverty charity Fashion for Relief launched with great promise – but fell prey to financial mismanagement.
FRC rolls out interim shakeup to Stewardship Code
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- 02 Aug 2024
Amid ongoing review of Code, watchdog streamlines reporting burden to show it has been listening to stakeholders – and unveils five themes that will drive the rest of the revamp.
ISSB work plan floats pathway towards integrated reporting
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- 02 Jun 2023
Consultation proposal notes that a more cohesive and efficient approach to corporate reporting would boost the quality of data available to the investment community.
Roadshow: Manchester
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- 12 May 2023
Manchester has its own corporate finance and investment community – but M&A is not a closed shop, says David Prosser.
A guide to stakeholder mapping and engagement
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- 26 Apr 2023
Organisations have much to gain from using stakeholder maps to build trust and make better decisions.
How IASB and ISSB connectivity drives effective reporting
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- 18 Apr 2023
Chairs stress that close collaboration between their two bodies ultimately leads to high-quality reporting for end users in the investment community.
Hefty executive payouts come under the spotlight
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- 05 Apr 2023
As we await the verdict of the lawsuit challenging a $56bn pay package from Tesla to Elon Musk by aggrieved shareholders of the carmaker, is enormous executive remuneration really necessary – or indeed ethical – in today’s market?
Stewarding a firm through the biggest decisions: Graeme Pitkethly, Unilever
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- 01 Dec 2022
The third of four films showcasing board members’ stories and how they ensure a long-term focus for their companies
Shareholder greenwashing backlash targets directors
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- 12 Apr 2022
A growing backlash by activist shareholders against greenwashing has moved on from corporate criticism to direct action against directors.
How Burberry is keeping check on sustainability
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- 02 Feb 2022
Corporate responsibility plans are already in full flow but the British retailer will further integrate sustainability incentives, targets and KPIs this year.
New act to balance security and foreign investment opportunities
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- 02 Dec 2021
The Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility has said he believes the new National Security and Investment Act sends out the message that the UK is open for business to overseas investors.
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Michel and Michel [2019] EWHC 1378
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- 18 Oct 2021
Helmut Michel was born in Germany of Jewish parents; following the advice of a far-seeing uncle, Leopold Kahn, and furnished with a loan from him of £400, he escaped the horrors of the Shoah which were to overwhelm Germany’s Jewish community, by moving to the UK in 1931.
Access to funding: why your equity story matters
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- 24 Aug 2021
Equitory is the largest dedicated investor communications consultancy in the UK. Its founder explains why investor relations is becoming more important for companies, and what makes a good equity story.
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Update on EU Directors duties
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- 05 Oct 2020
The EU picks up on the shareholder primacy v stakeholder capitalism debate
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Valuation of accountancy businesses
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- 16 Jul 2020
This shareholder dispute case related to accountancy businesses in South Devon.
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Section 994 and the Quasi-Partnership Concept tested
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- 15 Jul 2020
Mr Pinfold brought a claim under section 994, Companies Act 2006, that the affairs of Foundry Miniatures Limited were being conducted in way which was prejudicial to his interests as a shareholder.
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The stakeholder imperative: an urgent priority for boards
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- 14 May 2020
How have boards responded to the ongoing coronavirus crisis in light of the wide range of stakeholders they have to consider, and what should they be doing to plan for the future?
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New ground in Section 994 decision
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- 12 May 2020
This is a case brought under the provisions of section 994, Companies Act 2006 in respect of unfairly prejudicial conduct. This case is of some significant interest: it breaks new ground and is of relevance for business valuers who have an interest in shareholder disputes.
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DLOC and DLOM examined by expert
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- 12 May 2020
This case relates to a shareholder dispute in respect of two brothers and the Edwardian Hotels Group.
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Corporate purpose
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- 31 Dec 2019
Examining the principle behind a company's existence.
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Shareholder issues turning from niche to norm
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- 07 Oct 2019
As they move towards stewardship rather than simple ownership, shareholders are becoming more active
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How can we create forward looking boards
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- 07 Oct 2019
Exploring psychological safety in the boardroom
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McCallum-Toppin and McCallum-Toppin
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- 11 Sep 2019
A shareholder dispute case involving a petition under section 994 Companies Act 2006 regarding unfairly prejudicial conduct.
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Booth and Booth
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- 11 Sep 2019
Family Companies and Section 994, Companies Act 2006 - most common grounds by far were exclusion of a shareholder from management of the business.
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VB Football Assets and Blackpool Football Club
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- 03 Jun 2019
This was a colourful shareholder dispute case requiring the inputs of two business valuation experts.
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Section 172 Revisited: will directors need to take a radical new approach to compliance?
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- 18 Dec 2018
Many will be familiar with the duty in s172 of the Companies Act 2006 which requires directors of UK companies to consider the principle of "enlightened shareholder value" when making decisions.
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Destiny Investments
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- 03 Dec 2018
This was a shareholder dispute case embellished by an attempted share dilution and a challenge regarding the use of a loan taken out by Destiny Investments (1993) Limited (“Destiny”).
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Excess remuneration
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- 10 Jun 2015
Section 994 Companies Act 2006 deals with conduct that is prejudicial to one or more shareholders. A relatively unusual circumstance for it is a claim that shareholders involved in management have been awarding themselves excessive remuneration.
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Arbuthnott v Bonnyman and Ors
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- 20 Aug 2014
This is a case involving a private equity business, Charterhouse Capital Limited. The case was brought by a dissident shareholder and former executive at Charterhouse, Mr Arbuthnott, under the provisions of Section 994, Companies Act 2006.
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Shareholder disputes
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- 13 May 2013
Andrew Strickland looks at the cases of Attwood v Maidment and the observations that can be made.
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Template: value creation map
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- 17 Jan 2013
A value creation map is a visual representation of the organisational forward strategy. It brings together the three key elements of the strategy, namely its output stakeholder value proposition, its core activities, and its enabling strategic elements or drivers of performance.
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Prepared for the PE glare
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- 24 Oct 2012
A staggering proportion of finance directors leave their companies after a private equity firm steps in. Richard Young discovers the special qualities an FD needs to survive under the spotlight of an activist investor – and realises they apply to most finance leaders.
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Ethics and governance
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- 01 Jul 2001
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This article considers the need for good corporate governance, from the point of view of shareholders and that of setting the corporation in the context of its wider stakeholders.
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