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UK: Competition Commission statutory audit services market inquiry - provisional decision on remedies - responses published 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
At the end of last week the Competition Commission published the responses received in respect of its provisional decision on remedies: see here. There is widespread criticism of the proposal to requi...
UK: Sir Adrian Cadbury, the Cadbury Archive and a history of the Cadbury Committee 26 Aug 2013 | 03:19 pm
Later this year a history of the Cadbury Committee, written by Professor Laura Spira and Judy Slinn, will be published by Oxford University Press: see here. The book's sources include papers in the Ca...
China: CBRC publishes new edition of its corporate governance guidelines for commercial banks 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The China Banking Regulatory Commission has published an updated edition of its corporate governance guidelines for commercial banks. An overview is available here (in Chinese) or here (in English).
New Zealand: Law Commission proposes new statute for incorporated societies 22 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
The Law Commission report A New Act for Incorporated Societies was published yesterday: see here or here (pdf). The Commission has recommended that the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 should be repeal...
Singapore: SGX consults on reducing board lot size 21 Aug 2013 | 02:42 pm
The Singapore Exchange is consulting on proposals to reduce board lot size from 1,000 to 100: see here (pdf). The justifications offered to support the proposal include making equity investments more ...
UK: BIS research paper - the listing decisions of UK companies 21 Aug 2013 | 12:18 pm
The most recent paper published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, as part of its research paper series, considers the motivations behind the listing decisions of the UK companies:...
Ireland: Central Bank reviews corporate governance code for credit institutions and insurance undertakings 20 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The Central Bank is undertaking a review of its corporate governance code for credit institutions and insurance undertakings: see here (pdf). A number amendments to the code are proposed including: re...
Canada: CSA review of the proxy voting infrastructure 20 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The Canadian Securities Administrators have published a consultation paper titled Review of the Proxy Voting Infrastructure: see here (pdf). The paper identifies the following two principal questions ...
UK: Companies House publishes statistical tables for company registration activities in 2012/13 19 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Companies House has published statistical tables for company registration activities in 2012/13, including a summary of the number of companies on the register between and 2008/09 and 2012/13: see her...
Australia: ASX consults on changes to its corporate governance principles and recommendations 16 Aug 2013 | 11:29 am
The ASX Corporate Governance Council is seeking views on changes to its corporate governance principles and recommendations. Details are set out in a consultation paper that was published today: see h...
