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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...