Firms should engage with investors to avoid agm revolts

Stock exchange-quoted companies need to increase their engagement with investors to avoid embarrassing annual general meeting showdowns, according to Mason Hayes & Curran.

In a report on voting at major Irish listed-firms this year, the law firm said that under incoming European rules, companies will have to give their investors a greater say on pay and many will have to spend more time discussing pay policy with proxy advisers, who make recommendations on ...