UK Corporate Code Is Working F&C Investments says in annual governance report that Combined Code and notes on remuneration have led to UK companies 'raising their game', 'unpleasant' revelations expected in US this year 22.02.07 Telegraph, Corporate Governance, US Corporate Governance

Audit Law Threatens City Eighth Company Law Directive on Statutory Audit will take City from principle-based regulation to codified, detailed rules, threatens the success of the City in attracting business from US, weighed down with Sarbanes-Oxley 18.01.07 Telegraph, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, London Stock Exchange, UK Listing Rules, US Corporate Governance

London Is Capital of Capital Sarbanes Oxley compliance is putting business off listing in the US, London Stock Exchange over took NYSE in amount of capital raised in past year 13.12.06 Times, Capital Markets, London Stock Exchange, US Corporate Governance

Sox May See Early Reform Sarbanes Oxley, complex law enacted in response to Enron, is likely to be diluted, even as early as this year, speech by Mark Olson, chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) 23.10.06 Guardian, US Corporate Governance

Stock Option Net Keeps Spreading Double inquiries by SEC and Justice into backdated stock options, enabling execs to avoid tax and increase bonus payments, keeps getting wider, latest to go are Kenneth Levy, chair of KLA-Tencor, and William McGuire, CEO at United Health 18.10.06 Financial Times, Stock Options, US Corporate Governance, US Tax

Corruption Is Still 'Rife' Report from Control Risk claims corruption in international trade is still 'rife', between a quarter and a fifth of deals decided on bribes 10.10.06 BBC, Corporate Governance, Corruption, US Corporate Governance, World Trade

Silicon Valley Comes to AIM US technology firms are queuing up to list in London on the Alternative Investment Market, incentive is to bypass Sarbanes Oxley compliance 09.10.06 Financial Times, Capital Markets, Information Technology, US Corporate Governance

SEC Acts on Stock Options Regulator has opened inquiries into dozens of firms suspected of illegally fixing timing of stock options, enhances value to recipient 18.07.06 Times, Capital Markets, Executive Pay, US Corporate Governance

SEC Acts on Stock Options Regulator has opened inquiries into dozens of firms suspected of illegally fixing timing of stock options, enhances value to recipient 18.07.06 Times, Capital Markets, Executive Pay, US Corporate Governance

Very Long Arm of Business Law Imposition of Sarbanes Oxley on European firms, enforcement of EU law on US and Asian firms, NatWest Three is thin of wedge of the blurring of jurisdictional limits 18.07.06 Times, Business Regulation, Corporate Governance, NatWest Three, US Corporate Governance, World Trade