US - New York City pension funds have filed shareholder proposals calling on the board of directors at seven companies to establish a protocol for acting on shareholder proposals that win majority votes.
NESTLÉ has appointed eShare as governance software provider to four of its pension schemes.
GRANGEMOUTH refinery workers have received backing from 50 MPs who are against the changes Ineos is set to make to members' pensions.
GERMANY - Energy firm Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk (RWE) has set up a pensionsfonds for its retired staff, according to MandateWire.
US - CalPERS has urged fellow shareholders to vote for changes to insurance company Hilb Rogal & Hobbs' board structure at its AGM next month.
The first ever Professional Pensions Conjecture debate chaired by Professional Pensions editor Len Roberts and including Hamish Wilson of Hamish Wilson & Co, Sacker & Partners' Ian Pittaway, and Buck Consultants' Fraser Smart - asked if the current Pensions...
US - Pension plan sponsors are campaigning to improve the performance of their defined contribution (DC) plans, according to a study by Greenwich Associates.
PETROCHEMICAL firm Ineos is set to meet union officials at Acas in a bid to avert strike action.
COMMERZBANK Corporates & Markets has launched its first structured product targeted at the UK marketplace.
SWITZERLAND - Domestic real estate and alternatives asset classes helped Swiss pension funds limp to a 2.3% average return over 2007, according to Lusenti Partners' 10th annual survey.