Governance

GERMANY - Germany's status as a leading centre for shareholder engagement on sustainability and corporate governance has been reinforced by research finding two thirds of institutional investors favour using such issues when investing, and most follow...

Defined contribution schemes are lagging behind defined benefit plans on governance, but 96% of schemes believe their trustee boards are governing effectively or very effectively, research shows

Andrew Short gives a run down on what help is out there

The European Fund and Asset Management Association has unveiled new codes of conduct on responsible investing and corporate governance.

Some of the UK's biggest pension funds have urged The Pensions Regulator to give guidance on the mixing of schemes' systems and knowledge with those of their sponsor.

Sustainability criteria such as ESG criteria are too important to be ignored in investment decision making, research by Allianz Global Investors suggests.

Nigel Aston analyses the results of the DCisions 2011 Default Report and finds that, when it comes to defined contribution default strategies, the days of hiding behind simple benchmarks are numbered

UK - A new online tool allows trustees to assess their current levels of scheme governance against 200 other DB schemes.

Trustees can assess their current levels to scheme governance using an online tool which rates trustee decision-making against 200 other DB schemes.

Investment disclosure guidelines need greater clarity to help people make more informed choices about their pensions, Steve Webb says.