Corporate governance – Page 96
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NewsPension funds must 'catch up' with legal view of fiduciary duty
Trustees should focus on ‘doing the right thing’, says Keith Ambachtsheer
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Ortec designs 'consolidation module' for ABB schemes worldwide
Swiss company creates ‘centre of excellence’ to increase governance over different plans, maintain ‘decentralisation’
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NewsDanish investors mull class action over bankruptcy of shipping firm
Group of institutional investors to look at errors in IPO prospectus for OW Bunker
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NAPF urges members to stop abstentions in policy overhaul
UK pension fund representative body writes new corporate governance policy for members to move away from ‘box-ticking’
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KLP re-admits Yahoo, drops companies over Uzbek cotton
Local authority provider lifts nearly decade-long ban on Yahoo over company’s use of personal data that saw journalist arrested by Chinese authorities
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Regulatory expectations of engagement a 'systemic flaw', says USS
Pension fund’s internal asset manager says investors should not be expected to fix society’s ills
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NewsIPE Awards: Pension funds warming to activist shareholding strategies
More than half of respondents to poll believe activist strategies have role within institutional investment
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Survey: UK schemes more aware of stewardship when vetting managers
Some 94% of funds recognise duty to engage with companies they invest in, NAPF poll shows
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USS to delegate investment decisions to internal experts
Chief executive Bill Galvin says move to give USSIM delegated responsibilities over investments to take place soon
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Italian roundup: Cassa Ragionieri, Cassa Forense, Covip figures
Former chairman of Italian first-pillar pension fund for accountants under investigation for bribery
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One-quarter of pension funds set investment target at 6%, study shows
Survey of 190 pension funds reveals changing asset-allocation models, ambitious investment-return targets
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USS, RPMI to sit on UK Investor Forum board
Investor Forum also announces John Kay, author of key report that led to its foundation, as board member
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Pensions funds must tackle principal/agent problems – Ambachtsheer
Schemes should play ‘lead wagon’ on problems that have reduced returns by 1.5% a year, expert says
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Pension Fund Governance: ABP to the ballot box
For the first time, the €309bn Dutch civil servants fund has held elections for its accountability body. More controversially, pensioners will now sit on the main board, writes Mariska van der Westen
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Special Report
Pension Fund Governance: Avoid the bear traps
UK pension funds are increasing governance levels as they implement regulatory guidance on integrated risk management, says Pádraig Floyd. Professional trustees are playing a greater role
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Pension Fund Governance: Board effectiveness: From path dependency to integrative thinking
“One of the curses of our industry is path dependency,” says Keith Ambachtsheer, director emeritus of Toronto’s Rotman International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM) and academic director of the Rotman’s Board Effectiveness Programme (BEP) for pension funds.
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Pension Fund Governance: A market in maturity
Fiduciary management has come a long way since its introduction in the Netherlands in 2001. Leen Preesman traces the chequered history that has led to six out of 10 Dutch funds, representing €700bn, embracing various forms of the model
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Pension Fund Governance: Independent thinking
As the world gets more complex, professional independent trustees may come into their own. But, as Lynn Strongin Dodds writes, the choices have to be thoroughly considered, and some potentially serious pitfalls avoided
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Pension Fund Governance: Objectives then implementation
Martin Steward talks to Roger Urwin about the thinking behind Towers Watson’s ‘transformational change’ projects with the world’s leading large institutional investors
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Corporate Governance: Springing into action
It has been two years since the so-called Shareholder Spring, which saw a large number of investors voting against company proposals. Nina Röhrbein asks whether the movement maintained momentum, and how corporate governance has developed as a result
