Region: EMEA

Loyalty Shares for Belgian listed companies

ICGN opposes proposed Belgian loyalty share legislation, warning that double voting rights would weaken shareholder equality, reduce accountability and harm minority investor protections.

ICGN Response to FRC on Enhancing Auditor’s Reports Consultation

ICGN supports the FRC’s proposals to enhance auditor’s reports by reducing boilerplate, improving Key Audit Matter disclosures, and increasing transparency around audit work on controls, while stressing the need for clear scoping to avoid misleading expectations about the level of assurance provided.

ICGN Response to FRC on Enhancing Auditor’s Reports Consultation

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ICGN Response to FRC on Enhancing Auditor’s Reports Consultation

Will Farrell

Federated Hermes
Assistant Manager, EOS
London

Will co-leads the climate change theme at EOS, the stewardship arm of Federated Hermes Limited, where his coverage includes companies in Europe and Australia, primarily financial services, energy, chemicals, and materials. Prior to joining EOS, Will worked in the energy and infrastructure investment banking team at Macquarie Capital, where he specialised in renewable energy. Before that, Will held a number of roles across the UK climate policy space, including as a parliamentary researcher for Rt. Hon. Chris Skidmore MP on climate and energy issues, and as a climate and economic policy analyst at a diplomatic institute. He was appointed as a voluntary adviser to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, on preparations for COP26 after co-founding a Westminster climate policy group in 2019, which engaged MPs and Members of the House of Lords to advocate for more ambition on climate action in public policy. Will has a Bachelor’s degree (1st Class Honours) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.