Brexit, Theresa May's push for an economy that works for everyone and the unpredictable administration of Donald Trump make keeping track of regulatory developments concerning corporate governance more challenging than ever.
Our updated Matrix provides an index of corporate governance developments affecting listed companies. This aims to put into context UK, US and EU regulatory developments relating to directors, risk management, corporate social responsibility and other corporate governance matters.
New topics covered include:
- the increased focus in the UK on "stakeholder voice" and the responsibility of business to wider society, including the government's green paper on corporate governance reform;
- the plans by the FRC to review the UK Corporate Governance Code and its guidance on board effectiveness in 2017;
- new UK reporting requirements in the pipeline, including on pay by gender, supplier payment practices, tax strategy, diversity and anti-bribery policies; and
- the Trump administration's initial steps to roll back portions of the Dodd-Frank Act, including the resource extraction payments disclosure rule, the conflict minerals rule and the pay ratio disclosure rule.
The Matrix is available on the Linklaters Knowledge Portal here.
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