Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There's shareholder pressure not to allow directors to take on too many board seats at once, something that’s ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of Silicon Valley’s biggest names in venture capital learned the hard way last year the limit of investor ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hong Kong's publicly traded companies have come out to "strongly oppose" the plan by the city's stock exchange to cap the number of board seats each independent director can take, and limit the ...

The focus on director engagement has just been sharpened, and it’s going to be harder for boards and their members to avoid it. This, following release of the new commentary, “Director Commitment ...

ISS has prepared a whitepaper that analyzes trends in director overboarding. The whitepaper notes that in the 2019 proxy season, “overboarding” became a center-stage issue for many companies and ...

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 ...

Hindustan Unilever on March 13 announced the resignation of Leo Puri as an independent director of the company. Puri citied growing board commitments, including his proposed appointment to the board ...

The chairman of the company behind the Upper Crust food concession operator is facing an investor revolt amid City concern about directors holding excessive numbers of boardroom roles. Sky News has ...

Institutional Shareholders Services will regard non-CEO directors at U.S. companies as “overboarded” if they sit on more than five corporate boards and recommend shareholders vote against their ...