At the Chartered Governance Institute’s virtual annual conference, 5-7 July, the second day saw TMIL author Claire Bodanis facilitating a discussion between company secretaries Sally Fairbairn of energy giant SSE, and Lorraine Clover of media group Reach. Two issues currently dominating reporting were on the agenda: the coming requirement to file the annual report in a taggable XHTML format, and the not-entirely-straightforward road towards a global set of ESG reporting standards.
Read MoreTrust me, I’m listed author Claire Bodanis spoke to London Business School alumnae about the latest developments in the environmental, social and governance agenda, and what that means for companies and investors.
Read MoreIn the first of the webinar series hosted by Falcon Windsor, author Claire Bodanis spoke with Teresa Watkins, IFA/European fund manager, and Nadine Windsor, Global Head of Credit Trading and Investments at First Abu Dhabi Bank. How can companies use reporting to build trust with investors in challenging times? What do institutional investors really think about ESG issues? And how should companies report on them?
Read MoreIn the last of the ICSA-sponsored Trust me, I’m listed webinars (which will continue under new management by Falcon Windsor – sign up for them here!), author Claire Bodanis spoke with Sallie Pilot, Board Director of reporting agency Black Sun and Lorraine Clover, Group Company Secretary, Reach plc. How can agencies help companies report better? What should you expect from an agency? What should they expect from you? And why all the questions? We have the answers.
Read MoreThis post is an extract from Trust me, I’m listed – the addendum to Chapter 3: How to tackle reporting when working remotely. Claire has made minimal updates to the published chapter – sadly most of it is still highly relevant for this year’s reporting season! There are seven key challenges, and each one has ‘what to do’ tips to help you address it.
Read MoreThe first webinar of 2021 finds Trust me, I’m listed author Claire Bodanis in conversation with Chris McLeish, CFO of Ibstock, the FTSE250 UK building materials business, and Tanya Castell, non-executive director of several financial services companies and founder of Changing the Chemistry, a group dedicated to increasing Board diversity. Directors sign off the annual report, but how involved are they really? How involved should they be, and why? Claire and her guests explore the key role of the Board in the annual report.
Read More’Twas the webinar before Christmas, and in a dark, chilly basement somewhere Dickensian, author Claire Bodanis, founder of Falcon Windsor; auditor Maria Kepa; and independent investment and governance expert Paul Lee gathered by lantern-light to discuss the relationship between auditors and companies in the wake of the Brydon Review. Their conversation was captured with faithful and utmost accuracy (1) by TMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien.
(1) In our opinion this write-up gives a fair, balanced and understandable (FBU) view of the discussion and its participants thereof. A well-wisher
Read MoreHow should companies talk about this strangest of years in their annual reports to build trust with investors? TMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien, reflects on a discussion between Claire Bodanis, founder of Falcon Windsor, and Nadine Windsor, Global Head of Credit Trading and Investments at First Abu Dhabi Bank, at the ICSA conference ‘Governance beyond the pandemic’.
Read MoreTMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien, struggles to hold on to her preconceptions as lawyers sound very much like writers in this discussion between TMIL authors Claire Bodanis, founder of Falcon Windsor and Heather Atchison, and lawyers Richard Preston and Jonathan Fletcher Rogers of Addleshaw Goddard.
Read MoreTMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien, reflects on Claire’s talk at the ICSA Guernsey Conference 2020 on 21 October: a stimulating event for both presenter and audience!
Read MoreClaire talks to Miranda Craig, Director of Strategy and Change, Financial Reporting Council; and Adrian Hornsby, contributing author and discusses why reporter and regulator should be friends.
Read MoreSo what can the Venerable Bede teach us about corporate reporting and writing for a non-technical audience? Claire explains all to an audience of Ireland’s software developers.
Read MoreClaire speaks to Andy Griffiths, Executive Director, The Investor Forum, and Neil Roberts, MD, Falcon Windsor about what’s on the agenda for reporting this year.
Read MoreClaire discusses the impact of Covid-19 on reporting and the latest earnings season.
Read MoreClaire speaks to Quietroom, a team of writers and strategists, about what non-reporting agencies should know about reporting.
Read MoreClaire talks to Business Editor, Andrew Palmer, about TMIL and how companies can do a better job of reporting to their stakeholders.
Read MoreClaire discusses reporting with Ben Mathews, Group Company Secretary, BP, and Rachael Matzopoulos, Deputy Company Secretary, The Vitec Group
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