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The UK Corporate Governance code, formerly known as the Combined Code [1] (from here on referred to as "the Code") is a part of UK company law with a set of principles of good corporate governance aimed at companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
It is the corporate governance code adopted by the majority of companies on the AIM market in the UK. London Stock Exchange rules allow companies on AIM to choose which code they adopt and referenced two options as "recognised corporate governance codes". [1] These are: The QCA Corporate Governance Code; The UK Corporate Governance Code
Corporate governance is concerned primarily with the balance of power between the two basic organs of a UK company: the board of directors and the general meeting. The term "governance" is often used in the more narrow sense of referring to principles in the UK Corporate Governance Code.
Companies on London Stock Exchange's Main Market are obliged to apply the UK Corporate Governance Code. Companies on London Stock Exchange's AIM market are able to choose which code they apply: [2] 89% apply the QCA Corporate Governance Code; 6% apply the UK Corporate Governance Code; 5% apply a range of other codes, such as those of non-UK ...
Pdf here; Hampel Report (1998), review of corporate governance since Cadbury, pdf here and online with the EGCI here; Myners Report (2001), Institutional Investment in the United Kingdom: A Review on institutional investors, Pdf file here and Review of Progress Report here; Higgs Report (2003) Review of the role and effectiveness of non ...
The Smith Report was a report on corporate governance submitted to the UK government in 2003. It was concerned with the independence of auditors in the wake of the collapse of Arthur Andersen and the Enron scandal in the US in 2002.
The UK Listing Rules set out mandatory standards for any company wishing to list its shares or securities for sale to the public, including principles on executive pay and the requirement to comply or explain noncompliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, the requirements of information in a prospectus before an initial public offering of ...
The Cadbury Report, titled Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance, is a report issued by "The Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance" chaired by Sir Adrian Cadbury, chairman of Cadbury, that sets out recommendations on the arrangement of company boards and accounting systems to mitigate corporate governance risks and failures.