Recent regulatory changes may undermine the concept of pay for performance in banks and insurers and increase risk within businesses, Mercer warns.
A leading UK lawyer has suggested that International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have "substantial legal flaws".
As the AGM season winds down, Naomi Rainey considers the corporate governance issues schemes need to know about
Investors have called for Rupert Murdoch to be removed from his dual chief executive and chairman role and reform of the ownership structure of News Corporation.
The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum has called for a wholesale overhaul of "broken" executive pay practices.
Local government pension schemes sometimes show "inconsistencies" in their valuations, Bob Holloway, head of the LGPS2 Division at the Department for Communities and Local Government says.
HSBC will come under fire from shareholders at its AGM today in the latest rebellion against executive pay.
Leading local government pension scheme figure Ian Greenwood has lost his seat on Bradford City Council removing him as chair of the £7.9bn West Yorkshire Pension Fund.
James Murdoch's decision to step down as BskyB chairman has been welcomed by shareholder groups.
Keith Bray looks at the rise of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum and explains how, by acting together, council pension schemes can maximise their influence as shareholders.