Corporate governance

News analysis

• SEC cyber guidance helps corporates avoid breaches

  11 January 2019

  An opinion issued in February 2018 is helping to combat cyber threats, but there's still room for additional self-regulation

• SMCR extension could be culture shock for insurance sector

  18 December 2018

  The application of the senior managers regime to the sector could cause a talent drain. Brexit is also likely to force firms to change course

• GDPR: non-EU companies ahead of EU counterparts

  03 December 2018

  The transition period is over and regulators are readying themselves for enforcement action

• GDPR implementation is harder than expected

  26 October 2018

  Uncertainty around data breach notifications and retaining data remain five months on

• Trends to watch in financial regulatory enforcement

  23 October 2018

  Financial regulators are focusing on prevention and enforcement monitoring

• African SMEs need to focus on corporate governance

  11 October 2018

  A lack of structure and standards is holding back the growth of the private sector in the region

• SEC: dual-class shares should not last forever

  09 October 2018

  Commissioner Robert Jackson said while these may have value, they should not be passed on to a company owner's heirs

• In the news this week

  21 September 2018

  It's been a week of broken records: Nafta discussions drag on and the Brexit to-and-fro continues. In Asia, credit agencies are under investigation

• PRIMER: Singapore’s Corporate Governance Code

  22 August 2018

  Code improvements are a good step forward but they fail to address dual class shares provisions