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Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch and Generation Investment Management have signed an agreement to help promote sustainable investment.

Sheila Gleig has stepped down as a director of BESTrustees.

UK - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Pension Fund has split its Asian equities portfolio following poor performance by its managers.

UK schemes have lost as much as £500m by buying into corporate bonds just as returns turned downwards, Hewitt Associates claims.

Personal accounts could become the major player in corporate governance as scheme influence wanes, a senior pensions manager says.

US - Third quarter returns among institutional investors were around half of that in Q2, and the very largest pension funds are faring best, according to research from the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service.

Ingenious Music Venture Capital Trust is backing a new DVD based on the highly-acclaimed John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album.

Potential for conflicts of interest on trustee boards remains high, research shows, with 94pc of them including senior executives and managers.

Life Academy has been selected by the government to provide information and guidance service on work options for the over-50s.

Aegon Scottish Equitable has hailed the success of the support service it provides to group critical illness customers.