Investors are being urged to vote against executives who occupy chairman and chief executive roles at this years round of company annual general meetings, according to new guidelines issued by the Pensions & Investments Research Council (PIRC) in the UK.
According to new guidelines, boards should contain a majority of independent non-executives. Where this is not the case, the PIRC advises its clients to vote against connected directors. It believe...
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