Corporate governance – Page 73
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UK unions offer tentative support for collective DC
Warning against seeing CDC as an adequate replacement for defined benefit
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‘Toothless’ accounting watchdog to face wide-ranging governance probe
Former Legal & General chairman Sir John Kingman will lead review of FRC’s governance, conflicts of interest and accountability
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RBS agrees ‘final deficit contributions’ for £45bn scheme
UK bank agrees to match shareholder payouts with pension fund contributions
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Country ReportUK roundup: Agreement struck on USS valuations; UK approaching peak LDI
Plus: UK approaching ‘peak LDI’; Xafinity Punter Southall calls for legal separation of consultants and fiduciary managers
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Country ReportFiduciary managers back performance reporting standard
IC Select’s guidelines come amid unprecedented regulatory pressure on fiduciary providers
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Country ReportPLSA warns CMA against adding to ‘crowded trustee guidance space’
Competition watchdog also considering measures to inform trustees about switching costs
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NewsUK roundup: Lowest-paid workers ‘missing out’ on pension tax relief
Plus: Pension freedoms three years on; Teachers’ Pension Scheme benefit changes; DB deficit latest
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Netherlands roundup: Political youth branches push for reform proposals
Also: Women’s group backs legislation for diversity; unions on collision course with AkzoNobel over pension top-up
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Fund manager rules ‘will hurt margins and boost passives’
Moody’s says new rules are “credit negative” for UK active managers, eroding firms’ profit margins
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UK regulator turns up the heat on sponsoring employers
Dividend payments and Brexit must feed into valuation and contribution discussions, TPR says
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NewsAccounting roundup: IFRS questions EU plans to modify rules
Plus: IASB framework reintroduces prudence; FRC hits back at criticism
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Netherlands roundup: Researchers’ scheme divests from tobacco [updated]
Also: Regulator to probe large schemes’ IT and operational risks; KAS Bank strikes agreement with SimCorp
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UK politicians call for default at-retirement option
Work and Pensions Committee says ‘little evidence’ that freedom and choice has worked
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FCA follows through with rules to boost asset manager competition
Fund managers must better account for value they deliver to investors
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UK roundup: BA scheme closure to save company £80m a year
Plus: Recruitment firm charged by regulator; new British Steel scheme opens for business
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French central bank formalises responsible investment stance
Responsible investment charter reflects and ‘amplifies’ ongoing practice for €20bn portfolio
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Country ReportConsultants steering trustees towards own fiduciary services, says CMA
Competition watchdog admits that it is ‘not straightforward to say how the practices might impact competition’
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APG offloads DC administration subsidiary to IT firm RiskCo
RiskCo targets 1m participants within five years after tripling its customer base
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NewsCampaign group urges ABP to vote for carbon-free Shell
Scientists argue that Shell’s promises aren’t sufficient to meet Paris climate targets
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NewsAsset managers back Corporate Governance Code reboot
FRC wants companies to act if more than 20% of shareholders reject an AGM resolution
