All corporate governance articles – Page 4
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OpinionHow recent IASB changes could affect your scheme
Aon Hewitt’s Alastair Kennis explains the various scenarios in which employers and their pension funds could be impacted by the pension reporting changes that came into play this year.
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OpinionHow smaller schemes can flex their shareholder muscles
For too long smaller pension schemes have struggled to have their shareholder voices heard. The AMNT’s Janice Turner explains how even the smallest investors can get involved.
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News
Environment Agency fund shares five-point ESG selection test
Environment Agency Pension Fund has detailed the five-point criteria it uses to assess managers for its responsible investments, as it awards £180m to a global sustainable equity mandate.
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OpinionNAPF: Why employees are a marker of companies’ long-term success
Talking head: The NAPF’s Will Pomroy explains why investors should demand more information on the workforce when assessing companies’ strengths.
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News
Corporate governance tops Unilever ESG agenda
Data analysis: Close to half of Unilever Pension Fund’s engagement activity in 2014 centred on corporate governance as wider trends emphasise environmental issues, calling into question the terms used when reporting such activity.
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Opinion
How to adjust your ESG strategy following the Law Commission report
In the latest edition of Technical Comment, Mercer’s Aled Jones defines a simple framework that trustees can use to help integrate environmental, social and governance factors into their scheme.
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NewsPPF targets transparency with insolvency levy changes
Schemes will be able to more precisely focus their efforts to reduce their Pension Protection Fund levy, following the lifeboat’s proposals to make its insolvency risk system more transparent.
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FeaturesTfL faces fresh demands for contract worker DB membership
Transport union RMT has reignited calls for all Transport for London employees undertaking work on a contract basis to be allowed to join its defined benefit pension fund.
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News
Greater intermediary fee transparency needed to assess value, experts urge
News analysis: Investment management and consultant fees need to be more transparent to allow schemes to more accurately measure whether they are getting value for money, industry figures have said.
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News
Institutions boost calls for diversity to increase board effectiveness
News analysis: Voting strategies are growing in both popularity and complexity among institutional investors, after the Local Authority Pensions Fund Forum launched a drive to encourage gender diversity on the boards of companies it invests in.
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News
Compliance concerns prompt employers to rethink AE providers
News analysis: Some large employers are considering switching their auto-enrolment provider as their administration needs are not being met, fanning a growing secondary market.
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News
PRI unveils revamped reporting framework
The Principles for Responsible Investment has fleshed out the details of the mandatory elements of its revised reporting framework, as it attempts to “demystify” the process ahead of its rollout later this year.
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Features
How to insulate DC assets from insolvency risk
Amid a slew of insolvency cases, Pippa Stephens looks at how defined contribution schemes can avoid being faced with defined benefit debt.
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Features
Stewardship Code to focus on ESG and lending
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to review the UK Stewardship Code this summer, and is expected to incorporate stock lending and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
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Features
Retail insolvencies highlight need for covenant reviews
Managers of pension schemes in the retail sector have been urged to review their employer covenant in response to a host of high street insolvencies.
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