The European Commission has today started a High-level Expert Group consultation on the structure of the EU banking sector. The one-page consultation document is here. The membership of the High-level Expert Group is here (Carol Sargeant representing the UK) and its mandate is here. The Group is to report back to the Commission by the end of summer 2012.
3 May 2012
Reforming the structure of the EU banking sector: European Commission launches consultation
3 May 2012
Aviva becomes only fourth FTSE100 company to lose pay vote
The advisory vote on the remuneration report at today’s AGM was lost by the insurer. It seems that institutional shareholders are to some extent pre-empting the results of the Government’s consultation on giving investors binding votes on executive pay.
Manifest, the proxy voting agency, reports that “only 12 other FTSE 100 companies have had more than 40% dissent on their remuneration report since records began” and that Aviva becomes only the fourth FTSE100 company to lose the advisory vote.
The chief executive of Trinity Mirror, Sly Bailey, has seen the writing on the wall and quit a week ahead of her AGM. Ms. Bailey managed to extract £12.7 million from the company whilst overseeing a 90% fall in the share price during her tenure.
UPDATE 8 May 2012: Following the shareholder vote against the remuneration report, the Chief Executive of Aviva has now resigned with immediate effect even though he personally was re-elected by 95% of those voting at the AGM on 4 May.
He gets a year’s salary “subject to mitigation” and £300,000 “in full and final settlement of all claims that he might have to bonus under his contract”, and pension, and vesting of shares from the 2009 bonus plan – but nothing from the deferred elements of the 2010 or 2011 bonus plans. Approximately £1.7 million, all taken together.
3 May 2012
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