Sweden: Corporate Governance Board seeks views on code

Earlier this year the Swedish Corporate Governance Board invited views from listed companies in respect of its Corporate Governance Code: see here (pdf). The deadline for submitting comments has been extended to 15 December 2013. Views were sought from companies in part because the Board's finding, outlined in it annual report, that improvements were needed in the quality of governance disclosures: see here (pdf). The Board initially planned to state whether reform of the Code was needed at a symposium scheduled for yesterday; the symposium will now take place on 10 February 2014.