Corporate Notes

COVID 19 - FCA Primary Market Bulletin, AGMs, accounts, Companies House and M&A

As the COVID-19 outbreak, and its impact, escalates rapidly, various pieces of guidance have been published for companies to consider. FCA Primary Market …

Climate change – FCA consultation on climate change-related financial disclosures, ISS Guidelines and EU report on corporate reporting

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a consultation paper (CP20/3) on proposals to improve climate change related financial disclosures by …

PIRC Voting Guidelines 2020 published

PIRC (the consultancy that provides corporate governance advisory services to certain institutional investors) has published the 2020 edition of its UK …

New FCA national storage mechanism to launch soon

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is introducing a new National Storage Mechanism (NSM) and has published a webpage which sets out information for …

Recent additions to Corporate Notes

Updates recently added to our Corporate Notes blog include FRC advice to companies on COVID-19, our briefing on the impact on contracts of COVID-19, the …

PLSA Stewardship Guide and Voting Guidelines 2020

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has issued its Stewardship Guide and Voting Guidelines for 2020. The document sets out the PLSA’s …

Investment Association review of 2019 AGM season

The Investment Association (IA) has published a summary of voting trends during the 2019 AGM season. According to the IA’s public register of significant …

COVID-19 – FRC advice to companies and our briefing on impact on contracts

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise globally, there are a number of issues which companies should be considering, including any impact on …

Recent additions to Corporate Notes

Updates recently added to our Corporate Notes blog include the FRC's letters to auditors and updated Brexit legal guide, updated ESMA Q&A on the …

Updated ICSA board committee terms of reference

ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute has published updated guidance notes and model terms of reference for board committees. The audit committee, …

Updated ESMA Q&A on the Prospectus Regulation

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated version of its Questions and Answers on the Prospectus Regulation …