Corporate Governance - Raising the Bar for Compliance on Two Fronts.

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Corporate Governance - Raising the Bar for Compliance on Two Fronts.

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Corporate Governance - Raising the Bar for Compliance on Two Fronts

The Central Bank's Enforcement Directorate

ISP records a hit in the High Court

The Arbitration Act 2010

The Akzo Nobel Case - Forgive Me Father!

Corporate Governance - Raising the Bar for Compliance on Two Fronts By Gerry Beausang

On 17 December 2010, the Irish Stock Exchange ('ISE') published new listing rules requiring all companies with a primary listing on the Main Securities Market of the ISE to comply with a new annex to the rules focussed on corporate governance matters (the 'ISE Annex'). This development follows the publication last year of the new UK Corporate Governance Code ('UK Code'). The UK Code has been incorporated into the ISE's listing rules. Gerry Beausang considers the implications of the heightened compliance standards on both fronts for ISE listed companies.

The UK Corporate Governance Code

In May 2010, the Financial Reporting Council in the United Kingdom p...

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