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Proxinvest targets Total


Proxinvest, member of the European Corporate Governance Service (ECGS), recommends shareholders to oppose the re-election of Daniel Bouton as non-executive director to the board of Total at the AGM to be held on 15 May 2009. They have concerns over recent crossdirectorships, length of tenure, attendance rate at board meetings as well as Mr Bouton’s contradictory compliance with the recommendations issued by AFEP-Medef (“Promoting Better Corporate Governance In Listed Companies”) which is the outcome of a working group chaired by Mr Bouton in 2002.

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EC wants remuneration reform


It seems everyone (including PIRC) is setting out their ideas for reform of remuneration these days. Latest to chip in ideas is the European Commission. Having recently aggravated the alternative investments industry with its proposals on hedge funds and private equity4 (seen by some as an attack on London as a financial centre) the EC has now set out thoughts on how to reform remuneration in financial institutions, and for company directors more generally.

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Ethos probes company codes


Ethos has published a study of best practices in codes of conduct among the largest companies listed in Switzerland. The study considers the existence, content and implementation of the codes of conduct of 65 of the one hundred largest companies listed in Switzerland that have published a code. For each of the subjects relating to content and implementation, it highlights examples of good practice.

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