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Corporate Sustainability: Why It Is About More Than Just Being Green
Date: May 27, 2022
Luma Saqqaf is a sustainable finance advisor assisting companies and funds to incorporate sustainability in their business. With the race to net zero, organisations are increasingly faced with the question of how relevant sustainability is to them and if so, how to incorporate it into their business. But corporate sustainability, by its very nature, is...
Pre-Pack Administrations: Will It Play a Key Role in Restructuring UK Businesses?
Date: May 27, 2022
By Paul Reeves, managing director, Restructuring Advisory, Kroll Ever since the administration process became the key business rescue process over two decades ago, the pre-pack administration has suffered a tarnished reputation. Legislation has imposed tighter controls over the process, particularly where the pre-pack sale is to a connected party. So, is the pre-pack destined for...
Exclusive-Japanese Buyout Firms Jip, Polaris Considering Bids for Toshiba – Sources
Date: May 27, 2022
By Makiko Yamazaki and Scott Murdoch TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Japanese buyout firms Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) and Polaris Capital Group are each considering participating in bids for Toshiba Corp, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Toshiba, which has been bedevilled by accounting and governance crises since 2015, set up a special...
Britain Looks at post-Brexit Boost to Company Listings
Date: May 26, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s twin-track company listing regime could be simplified into a single entry point to the London Stock Exchange to attract more startups, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Thursday in a move that could split market participants. Britain wants to bolster London’s attractiveness as a global location for listings...
Who Exactly Is in Charge of Creating an Organisation’s Purpose?
Date: May 25, 2022
By Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership Much like the values embedded in a mission statement, a company’s purpose can quickly be forgotten or is often seen as an add-on or a tick box exercise, rather than an integral part of a business’s reason for existing. If leaders manage change and people, and managers...
Swiss Pumpmaker Sulzer to Sell Russia Business
Date: May 24, 2022
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss engineering group Sulzer has put its Russia business up for sale, joining the exit from the market hit by Western sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The sales process will begin immediately, on Tuesday without providing further detail. A spokesperson said all options were open, including a buyout by local management....