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Shareholders have backed a resolution brought by a group of investors including 15 UK pension schemes to force Shell to measure and manage its exposure to climate change risk.

Five of the biggest Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) have committed to invest £152m in projects that will have a positive impact on the wider UK economy.

The Competition Commission (CC) has published its final report on the audit market, imposing a ten-year mandatory rotation requirement.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has refuted concerns from institutional investors that the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are legally flawed.

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.