Governance and stewardship news

Amid the UK’s push to attract more high-growth businesses and IPOs, the FCA has warned that weak governance can quickly undermine the benefits of rapid expansion.

While other jurisdictions are narrowing, phasing in, simplifying or adapting climate reporting regimes, the United States looks ready to fall at the first hurdle in the global move towards investor-focused climate disclosure.

A little-noticed proposal from the Texas Stock Exchange could redefine how shareholder power is exercised across US public markets.

Minerva Analytics urges the SEC to revise rather than repeal climate disclosure rules, arguing investors still need material climate-related information.

Investors need certainty about the rules and consistency in how evidence is weighed.

China unveils 22 governance measures for financial institutions, strengthening shareholder transparency, beneficial ownership disclosure and risk oversight.

As the US retreats from mandatory climate disclosures, Singapore is strengthening alignment with ISSB sustainability reporting standards.

After setbacks to its proxy advisor legal campaign, Texas is testing a different legal route with potentially far-reaching consequences for investors.

A fresh shareholder proposal has put Nike's emissions strategy back under the spotlight, testing investor confidence in the company's ability to meet its science-based climate targets.

Europe’s sustainability reporting divide is widening just as investors need more comparable cross-border ESG and sustainability data.

As speculation over the future of SEC Rule 14a-8 continues, investors have moved to stress the case for reform rather than removal of the shareholder proposal framework.

Seven months after President Trump ordered federal agencies to investigate proxy advisors, Texas lawmakers are demanding progress, signalling that a campaign stalled in the courts is shifting into the political arena.

The response argues that despite stronger ethical requirements the proposed revisions risk uneven application without clearer practical guidance.

Proposed changes to Japan's shareholder proposal rules could make it significantly harder for domestic and foreign investors to submit shareholder resolutions or requisition meetings, marking a major shift in shareholder rights and corporate governance.

Governance reforms in Japan and Australia point to a broader shift across APAC, with regulators focusing less on new rules and more on whether boards can demonstrate effective governance in practice.

A shareholder lawsuit alleging undisclosed political arrangements linked to President Donald Trump has opened a new front in the proposed US$111 billion Paramount–Warner Bros Discovery merger, shifting investor attention from antitrust approval to corporate governance and board accountability.