PENSION funds should be paid extra dividends as an incentive to stop them lending shares to speculators such as hedge funds, governance campaigners believe.
Governance for Owners chief executive Peter Butler said there was “widespread alarm” at the general activities of short-term investors in equity markets. And he said the problem was exacerbated ...
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