Coronavirus (COVID-19): HMRC has stated in its International Manual that if a financial institution cannot meet the FATCA reporting deadline of 31 May...
The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) is an independent membership organisation that champions the interests of small to mid-sized quoted companies. One...
What are growth shares?Growth shares, also known as value shares or hurdle shares, are a specially constituted class of shares which have restricted...
Types of LTIP awardsThe most common type of awards that can be made under a long-term incentive plan (LTIP) include:•conditional share awards (which...
A limited company may buy back shares in itself, if certain conditions set out in the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) are met. This is known as a share...
This Resource Note outlines the main provisions of Section 2 of the UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code), on ‘Division of responsibilities’, and...
BackgroundThe remuneration of quoted company executive directors is subject to greater shareholder, media and political scrutiny than ever before.In...
This Resource Note outlines the main provisions of Section 1 (Leadership and Purpose) of the UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code) and highlights...
The following paragraph from the Cadbury Report has been the generally accepted definition of corporate governance since 1992:'Corporate governance is...
The non-executive director (NED) is not a statutory creation and is, essentially, a creature of corporate governance. There is no legal distinction in...
This Practice Note covers the statutory, regulatory and corporate governance framework for directors’ remuneration reports (including the directors’...
The concept of independence is key to provisions in the UK Corporate Governance Code (UKCG Code) on board effectiveness, including on board and board...