Governance

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership has recruited Craig Mackenzie as part of a new governance and sustainability team which launches on 1 November.

Trustees are failing to assert themselves on crucial issues such as liability management and asset safety because of time pressures, Kas Bank warns.

AUSTRALIA - The governance benchmark for superannuation trustees should be higher than that of listed companies, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia believes.

Trustee life coach Brian Holden updates his views on fund gover­nance following the publication of his independent report in November 2008

Helen Morrissey and Charlotte Moore look at scheme governance practices around the globe, seeing differing structures but often the same objectives

The Investment Governance Group plans to have its principles on defined contribution governance agreed by October, its DC subgroup chairman says.

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.