All Editorial articles – Page 181
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Analysis
Pay and practices
The Conference Board's new report looks at the size and type of compensation paid to outside directors among companies in three industry sectors.
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Features
Positive thinking pays
Near misses and complaints provide some valuable pointers for risk management, says Jonathan Clark.
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Analysis
Raising the profile of PFI
Dot.com investors and analysts know to their cost that it is difficult to get hold of reliable forward-looking information about companies.
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Analysis
Protection for trustees
Following the implementation of the Trustee Act 2000 in February, Stuart Alexander Insurance and Risk Management, Fund Protection Ltd and AIG Europe have launched fund protection insurance to protect
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Features
Right to vote
Investing in companies in some countries becomes a gamble if you can't get information or influence operations. Sue Copeman says shareholders are pressing for change.
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Features
Staying in touch
Preparing for a potential communications technology breakdown can save a company from irretrievable damage says Dave Lazenby.
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Features
No escape for corporate killers
Peter Campion, assisted by Asam Khan, discusses the implications of the proposed new UK offence of corporate killing.
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Analysis
UK ruling alerts ALARM
The UK House of Lords ruling on 27 July in Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon has important risk management implications for local education authorities and the public sector in general.
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Features
The polluter pays not always!
Richard Ford discusses the implications of the new regime on contaminated land.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
E-commerce risks are still not properly assessed
Many large British companies are setting up internet project teams without due regard for the risks involved, claims AIRMIC's new e-com-merce Special Interest Group (SIG).
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Analysis
NAPF backs report on company law reform
On 1 August, the UK National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) publicly backed the "considered and measured" approach of the company law steering group.
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Features
Process benchmarking and sharing knowledge
Jonathan Bendit describes a system for sharing process information.
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Analysis
Byers calls for UK law change
The framework of company law needs both to allow and to encourage directors to take wider responsibilities into account.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Call to join the virtuous circle of risk
New AIRMIC chairman Alan Fleming launched his year in office with a rallying cry to risk professionals urging them to "get rid of the silo mind-set".
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Analysis
ICGN forms share voting committee
ICGN has formed two committees to further its aims for fairness for international shareholders.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Compensation culture could lead to price increases
The UK social trend towards "a compensation culture" is increasing risk costs for high-street retailers.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Contractors take on unacceptable levels of risk
An AIRMIC survey shows that contractors have to take on an ever-widening range of risks in order to win business.
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Analysis
Corporate governance research
The UK Birmingham Business School has established The Centre for Corporate Governance Research.
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Analysis
Economic crime warning
The UK Government should move quickly to make fraud a priority for the nation's police if it is to have any chance of fighting a "surge in economic crime".
