Recent governance policy refinements from several leading asset management firms are likely to create more work for the board’s nominating and governance committee. These new refinements recognize the ...

In recent years "overboarding" has become an important issue for many UK companies and investors alike. Several large asset managers as well as proxy advisors, including Vanguard, BlackRock, and LGIM, ...

Recently, I criticized ISS’ proposed changes to its policy on “overboarding”. Therefore, I was pleased to see that I wasn’t a lone voice crying in the wilderness. The Society of Corporate Secretaries ...

Jonathan Black These are serious jobs, especially if it’s a public company. You can’t any longer just turn up reading the papers in the train for the meeting. You’re gonna be required at, let’s say, ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Corporate governance news every morning. One of Silicon Valley’s biggest names in venture capital learned the hard way last year the ...

This is part of a series examining corporate governance issues at Canadian companies. Is Louis Vachon, chief executive officer of National Bank, spending too much time in the boardroom? Some say the ...

There is a problem surrounding ‘overboarding’ on ASX-listed companies with almost half of ASX 300 companies having at least one director who sits on four or more boards. Research by Melior Investment ...