Vince Cable's plans to "give shareholders more say" will fall flat because institutional investors do not have sufficient incentives to exercise responsible ownership, FairPensions warns.
The business secretary is expected to use his speech to the Liberal Democrats' conference today to hit out at the "murky" corporate practices and call for greater shareholder engagement and rights....
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