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- E.On to pay £7.75m for overcharging customers
- UK government to regulate cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoins
- Small firms have little confidence in Prompt Payment Code: FSB
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- Chairman of Volkswagen resigns
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- Hackers steal $5m from Ryanair
- Sainsbury’s appealing Egyptian Court’s jail sentence
- FRC to look at quality of explanations in ‘comply or explain’ section
- EC to investigate competition in e-commerce sector
- Tax and the deficit high on list of expectations for businesses post-election
- BMW found to be world’s most reputable company
- One member one vote system used by members at Co-op Group AGM
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- Financial services report finds ‘widespread disregard for ethics’
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- Banks fined record sums for forex manipulations
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- Shareholders revolt at Deutsche Bank AGM
- Social media not enough of a priority for boards
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- Alternative finance demand expected to increase
- Sepp Blatter resigns as Fifa president
- FRC to help smaller companies improve quality of reporting
- Charity Commission outlines approach to new power to disqualify
- Ryanair ordered to sell Aer Lingus shares
- Policies proposed to prevent banking misconduct
- Deutsche Bank co-chiefs step down
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- Public services riddled with poor governance
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- Tesco rated worst ‘big four’ supermarket for compliance
- RBS criticised at its AGM
- FRC investigates KPMG in connection to BNY Mellon client money
- China joins OECD Development Centre
- SEC consults on audit committee disclosures
- Internal audit driving changes in financial services sector: IIA
- Chief Executive Anthony Jenkins ousted from Barclays
- FIFA’s Ethics Committee bans Chuck Blazer from football-related activities for life
- Charity Commission updates guidance for trustees
- Martin Wheatley to step down as FCA Chief Executive
- Toshiba scandal indicates troubled corporate governance across Japan
- David Cameron promises to tackle money laundering in the UK property market
- FCA finds firms still failing to manage benchmark risks
- Network Rail fined for breaching operating licence
- News digest 21/08/15: Coop bank loss and India sues Nestle
- News digest 28/08/15: CitiGroup fined and HSBC IT glitch affects thousands
- News digest 11/09/15: Wetherspoons founder criticises corporate governance structures
- News digest 18/09/15: GM pays $900m settlement and call blocking firm fined for cold calls
- News digest 25/09/15: Volkswagen to appoint new CEO and charities told to reform
- News digest 02/10/15: Hitachi settles improper payments and Which? calls for bank overhauls
- News digest 30/10/15: Lord Davies report and VW compensation
- News digest 09/10/15: Whistleblowing champions and Blackrock proxy access
- News digest 16/10/15: Women less likely to receive bonuses and Kids Company scrutinised
- News digest 13/11/15: CBI urged to rethink Brexit and SFO drops Olympus
- News digest 27/11/15: Doping in Welsh rugby and Barclays elephant deal
- News digest 20/11/15: HBOS report and charity governance costs
- News digest 06/11/15: Takeover panel censures firms
- News digest 11/12/15: Legal & General ends quarterly reporting
- News digest 15/1/16: BoE cuts out bad apples
- News digest 22/1/16: IGF accused of weak governance
- News digest 29/1/15: Review of tennis anti-corruption
- News digest 26/2/16: 40% non-compliant with ESOS
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- News digest 12/2/16: Global ‘right to be forgotten’
- News digest 19/2/16: NHS faces referral over ‘cash-for-pensions’
- News digest 11/3/16: Academy trust executive pay not justified, says Ofsted
- News digest 4/3/16: Rise in international requests for SFO help
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