RBS Investors Demand Governance Changes & Shareholder Committee To Raise Transparency

by Roger Aitken, Forbes <...> A study from the Centre for Tomorrow’s Company on corporate governance titled ‘Bridging the UK engagement gap through Swedish-style nomination committees’ (March 2010), noted: “In the UK there is a lack of commitment on both sides to the investor-company relationship and there are weak incentives for engagement. Many of the larger shareholders in Sweden believe engagement with companies promotes long-term value creation.” Read the full article here.