Governance

The independent panel of experts tasked with assessing the viability of auto-enrolment and NEST has finished a run of seminars with stakeholders.

GLOBAL - The International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) called on G20 leaders gathered in Toronto at the weekend to strengthen shareholder rights in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

US - Institutional investors have written to the White House expressing their concern over an amendment to the Wall Street reform bill.

Italy - Just a quarter of Italian asset managers are prepared for the imminent introduction of new governance rules, research by BC Dexia reveals.

A group of institutional investors has written to all FTSE350 chairmen urging them to reveal more detail about executives' pensions.

UK - A group of institutional investors has written to all FTSE350 chairmen urging them to reveal more detail about executives' pensions.

The current investment governance model needs to be significantly improved, Mn Services says.

Directors of FTSE350 companies will face annual re-elections as part of the Financial Reporting Council's clampdown on corporate governance.

Pension funds activism as shareholders was "conspicuous by its absence" during the crisis but more engagement by schemes could have made things worse, an academic claims.

Trustee champion Brian Holden has called for a drastic upgrade of scheme governance.