Corporate governance improving says ISIS

Issues such as the placing of his son as Rupert Murdoch's new boss of satellite television station BSkyB is what many remember in terms of corporate governance over the past year. However, Karina Litvack, ISIS director head of governance and SRI, says there has actually been a significant amount of chatter going on between company secretaries and investors. The outlook is tempered by ISIS own actions, which saw a rise in the number of votes cast against management to 8% of all 14,000 votes it cast through the year, up from 5% the previous year. Abstentions increased to 5% from 3%, ...