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- FIFA to release full inquiry report of Qatar and Russia bidding processes
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- Companies House error costs £9m after ruining a business
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- Another investigation into Tesco launched by new regulator
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- Lord Green steps down from TheCityUK board
- Cyber attack top business threat
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- Inclusion of NEDs under Senior Managers Regime undermines independence of role: ICSA
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- Big companies to pay small suppliers in 30 days says BIS
- NAO report highlights inadequacies in role of regulators in whistleblowing process
- Scottish Power banned from selling for 12 days by Ofgem
- PwC dropped as auditor by British American Tobacco
- Investigations continue into fraudulent ownership of UK property
- Pharmaceutical companies violate self-regulations
- Whipps Cross University Hospital ‘inadequate’
- Final rules on Solvency II published by PRA
- Law Commission opens consultation on technical issues in charity law
- Legal action against Tesco ‘far greater destruction of value’ for shareholders
- Women on boards review finds no all-male boards left in FTSE 100
- Nicky Morgan rejects calls for an independent curriculum commission
- ABN Amro board renounces six figure bonus
- CMA publishes guidance for company secretaries
- 2015 stress tests to assess global resilience
- 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
- Charity Commission advises of audit threshold changes
- SEC fines engineering firm for whistleblowing violations
- Clydesdale Bank fined heavily by FCA
- FCA fines The Bank of New York Mellon for client money failures
- Institutional investors back away from hacked businesses
- Coop board nomination – against cooperative ethics or best practice
- Which? calls for CMA to end dodgy pricing tactics by retailers
- FCA publishes feedback to financial crime consultation
- Chairman of Volkswagen resigns
- Alliance Trust avoids AGM rebellion
- Whistleblower awarded financially by SEC
- 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
- Hector Sants to lead review of competitiveness in UK banking sector
- Financial services report finds ‘widespread disregard for ethics’
- ICO calls for more practical approach to data protection
- Banks fined record sums for forex manipulations
- Fifa to go ahead with presidential elections
- Shareholders revolt at Deutsche Bank AGM
- Social media not enough of a priority for boards
- Investors welcome use of digital reporting
- 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
- Charity Commission consults on UK accounting changes
- Public services riddled with poor governance
- Companies House launches public beta service
- 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
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