Hampel Report

Hampel Report

The Hampel Report (Committee on Corporate Governance) in 1998 was designed to be a revision of the corporate governance system in the UK. The remit of the committee was to review the Code laid down by the Cadbury Report (now found in the Combined Code). It asked whether the code's original purpose was being achieved. Hampel found that there was no need for a revolution in the UK corporate governance system. The Report aimed to combine, harmonise and clarify the Cadbury and Greenbury recommendations.

On the question of in whose interests companies should be run, its answer came with clarity.

'The single overriding objective shared by all listed companies, whatever their size or type of business is the preservation and the greatest practical enhancement over time of their shareholders' investment'. ['Committee on Corporate Governance, Final Report' (London 1998) para 1.16]

See also

* Combined Code
* Cadbury Report (1992)
* Greenbury Report (1995)
* Turnbull Report
* Higgs Report (2003)
* Smith Report (2003)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.frc.org.uk/documents/pagemanager/frc/Combined%20Code%20June%202006.pdf Full text of the combined code 2006]
* [http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pubs/ukla/lr_comcode2003.pdf Full text of the combined code 2003]
* The Financial Services Authority Listing Rules [http://fsahandbook.info/FSA/html/handbook/LR online] and in [http://fsahandbook.info/FSA//handbook/LR.pdf pdf format] , under which there is an obligation to comply with the Combined Code, or explain why it is not complied with, under LR 9.8.6(6).

* The Financial Reporting Council's [http://www.frc.org.uk/index.cfm website]


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