Become a Professional Pensions member

Carillion collapse exposes conflicts of interest in governance chain

Colin Meech

30 January 2018 • 3 min read

Colin Meech questions whether an asset manager can act in the best interests of clients who are employees of a company that the same asset manager is shorting

Carillion collapse exposes conflicts of interest in governance chain Unison has been rightly concerned over the collapse of contractor Carillion and its impact on job losses and public service deli...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

Become a Professional Pensions Lite Member today

Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
Receive important and breaking news stories via our two daily news alerts
Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders

Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here

Join now

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Thousands of steelworkers to fall into PPF after failing to return paperwork

Gender gap: Women end up with half the pension of men by age 50

More on Investment

Investment

Partner Insight: Democracy and the rule of law is the defining ESG issue of the year

For the past several years, climate has dominated ESG agendas. Rightly so in our view, given that its physical and transition risks are reshaping portfolios and policy alike. But in 2026, one issue has returned to the forefront with unmistakable urgency:...

Ashley Hamilton Claxton, Head of Responsible Investment at Royal London Asset Management

09 February 2026 • 2 min read

Investment