Corporate governance – Page 68
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Country ReportUK schemes must tender fiduciary contracts, competition body says
CMA finds adverse effects on market competition in investment consulting and fiduciary management sectors
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NewsFRC finds support for stewardship code to mirror section 172 duty
Support for signatories to report on how they considered wide range of stakeholders
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AkzoNobel scheme ‘doesn’t need €400m cash injection’
Employee representative body argues that cash injection demanded by unions is unnecessary
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Wider stakeholders and trust at heart of revised UK corp gov code
New provision aims to enable board engagement with the workforce; FRC says formulaic pay systems should be rejected
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Royal Mail CDC plan ‘could transform UK landscape’
Work and Pensions Select Committee calls for government to enable collective DC arrangements
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NewsMedical consultants’ scheme introduces risk management framework
Currency hedge and emerging market equity returns helped SPMS post a 5.2% return for 2017
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NewsUK roundup: £43bn asset pool hires Robeco for engagement mandate
Plus: UK DB deficit falls back below £90bn; Engineering institute seals £50m de-risking deal
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Dutch €8.6bn steel scheme cuts complexity to stay independent
Hoogovens pension fund adds options for external members on its board
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Asset managers support labour standards campaign group
Initiative draws more investor signatories after pilot year, targets more companies
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British Airways wins court appeal over discretionary pension increase
Trustees of Airways Pension Scheme granted leave to appeal to Supreme Court over dispute dating from 2013
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NewsUK regulator backs voluntary cost disclosure templates
Industry working group recommends five templates to improve cost transparency
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Climate change roundup: Investor climate action initiative expands
Plus: Church of England Pensions Board eyes low-carbon index as Transition Pathway Initiative urged to ‘produce outcomes’
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NewsShareholders for Change gives voice to Europe’s small investors
New association of small institutional investors wants to tackle niche ESG topics
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Industry body puts stocklending at heart of Dutch stewardship code
New rules require investors to be transparent about their voting behaviour
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NewsSurvey finds limited support for commercial DB consolidators
Willis Towers Watson poll reports trustees are sceptical of the benefits of vehicles like the Pension SuperFund
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Chemical company scheme to join Centraal Beheer’s general pension fund
Regulator deemed scheme “vulnerable” because of ageing demographics and governance difficulties
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NewsFinancial Reporting Council unveils upsized investor advisory group
17-strong group to help FRC understand investment community views on various issues
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Not considering ESG could mean failing fiduciary duty: Compenswiss
MSCI tells investors to check portfolio risk before adding green investments
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Country ReportWillis Towers Watson launches bundled service for DB schemes
OneDB combines admin, actuarial and investment services to set schemes on a path to full funding – and, perhaps, consolidation
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Asset management roundup: China Post debuts A-shares smart beta ETF
Also: LGIM expands ESG multi-asset range for defined contribution schemes
