{
  "id": 855105,
  "title": "Cevian urges UK companies to raise board pay to strengthen governance and growt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/cevian-urges-uk-companies-to-raise-board-pay-to-strengthen-governance",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T08:18:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hedgeweek",
    "slug": "hedgeweek",
    "url": "https://www.hedgeweek.com/cevian-urges-uk-companies-to-raise-board-pay-to-strengthen-governance-and-growt/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Activist investor Cevian Capital is calling for a substantial increase in remuneration for non-executive directors at UK-listed companies, arguing that better pay and greater share ownership are needed to attract stronger boardroom talent and help reverse the decline of the London equity market, according to a report by the Financial Times.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}