Winter 2023/24
The latest edition of our UK Governance & Risk guide covers the last quarter of 2023 and early 2024.
Developments summarized relate to:
- governance and audit reforms, including the new UK Corporate Governance Code and guidance published in January,
- investor stewardship and updated proxy voting guidance for listed company AGMs in 2024,
- narrative reporting recommendations generally, and relevant to climate-related disclosures,
- other ESG and sustainability issues, including litigation risks,
- directors’ duties and obligations,
- market transparency and recent FCA guidance on market abuse,
- new economic crime and transparency legislation,
- cyber and digital issues,
- proposed changes affecting equity markets and ongoing obligations of issuers,
- the retention of supplier payment practices reporting obligations,
- the revoking of retained EU law and government drive towards “smarter regulation”, and
- remuneration and pay issues.
For further information, please contact:
Iain Fenn, Partner, Linklaters
iain.fenn@linklaters.com
