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Corporate Governance
What were the non-executives doing?
2nd March 2009
Is it time to question afresh how effectively governance protocols and practice safeguard shareholder value? Barry Gamble gives his views on recent corporate upheavals and failures. “What were the non-executive directors doing?” has to be a key question in the wake of recent corporate upheaval and failures.
Doing Business Ethically
2nd March 2009
Phillipa Foster Back, Director of the Institute of Business Ethics, explains why better ethics make for better business.
AIM Governance - Mind the Gap
1st December 2008
A gap has opened in the way that governance works in practice in AIM companies. Experienced company director Barry Gamble believes that a Nomad-led assurance of continuing compliance with the now widely-accepted QCA governance guidance for AIM companies might be the answer.
Corporate Responsibility: The implications for smaller quoted companies
1st December 2008
Gone are the days of corporate philanthropy, says Dr Lance Moir, CFO of AIM-listed WIN plc. Corporate responsibility is now thought of as the impact that a business has on its various stakeholders.
Executive pay in the dock
1st September 2008
As executive compensation is once again in the spotlight, Mirza Baig, Associate Director of F&C’s Governance and Sustainable Investment Team, gives an investor’s view of an effective remuneration strategy.
5 reasons to join the QCA
Corporate Governance News
Inaugural QCA/BDO Small and Mid-Cap Sentiment Index launched 13th October 2011
The Quoted Companies Alliance and BDO have launched the inaugural QCA/BDO Small and Mid-Cap...
QCA Board meets Syed Kamall MEP 14th September 2011
Members of the Quoted Companies Alliance Executive Committee recently met with Syed Kamall, MEP...
Join us at the QCA Annual General Meeting 14th September 2011
Members of the Quoted Companies Alliance are invited to join us at the Quoted...
Events
Conference 2012 - Engineering Growth For Small & Mid-Cap Companies
Join us at our inaugural one-day conference for the 'engines of growth' - the small and mid-cap quoted company community. Company directors, advisors and investors - come together, network with peers, share experiences, hear from policymakers and key market players, and influence the debate about how this important sector can help drive economic recovery in the UK.
Considering and Communicating Executive Pay
With the executive remuneration debate heating up, we are holding a roundtable event for company directors to discuss the key issues you need to consider in setting and communicating pay and to launch our new Remuneration Committee Guide for Smaller Quoted Companies.
Market Maker Event 2012
Just how do market makers operate and how do they set the price? Ever wanted to meet the people who make a market in your stocks? Come along to a QCA Market Maker Event to find out.
Guides
Remuneration Committee Guide for Smaller Quoted Companies (February 2012) - Downloadable PDF
This guide aims to provide practical guidance to smaller quoted companies on how to develop a bespoke, appropriate approach to remuneration. The guide covers the objectives of the remuneration committee, factors to consider in setting remuneration policy, communicating with shareholders, and remuneration committee membership, organisation and functions. This is a downloadable PDF.
Newsround
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