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Online-only AGMs are catching on in the UK and South Africa, with cost-cutting cited as the motive. But critics say they weaken shareholder accountability…
When certainty fails and risk rises, are CEOs ready?
We’re in a world where volatility is no longer the exception – it’s the baseline. What does that mean for our leadership models?…
Why fund managers need to become more active
If active managers don’t challenge weak boards, governance will keep going downhill…
Shareholders clap back at boards
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New King code bets big on sustainability, despite Trump U-turn
The King committee has doubled down on sustainability, given the risk ESG concerns pose to business…
Rating the AGMs: The last of the season
Shareholders gave RMH a rough time but were almost entirely absent at WeBuyCars, in the last of the season’s AGMs…
Shareholders stonewall RMH non-execs’ pay
A group of disgruntled shareholders have blocked RMH non-executive directors’ pay – for only the third time in JSE history…
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