The Institutional Investor Council (IIC), the successor body to the Institutional Shareholders’ Committee (ISC), has started to lay out its stall on possible work programmes.  Speaking at the IMA’s annual dinner in the City of London this week, Douglas Ferrans, …

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The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), the second largest public pension fund in the United States, has endorsed the Stewardship Code for institutional investors, becoming the first US-based fund to back the policy, which it called a “standard for …

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The prospect of a new Stewardship Code appears to have re-ignited fresh enthusiasm for collaborative governance with the Institutional Shareholders Committee (ISC) announcing its intention to form a new body, to be called the Institutional Investor Council. The grand aim …

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The UK’s Institutional Shareholder Committee (ISC) has issued as pre-emptive strike against potential legislation from the Walker Review with the publication of a voluntary code of conduct for its members. The “Code on the Responsibilities of Institutional Investors” outlines seven …

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Lord Myners, the UK Treasury’s Minister for the City has again called for a radical  new approach to financial reform – this time it’s investors under the spotlight. In recent months Myners has been no stranger to controversial proposals and …

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There’s no small irony that Lloyds Banking Group will be asking 2.8 million private shareholders to back its £13.5 billion fundraising, the biggest deal of its kind in UK history, on the same day that Sir David Walker makes his …

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The SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee has kicked off its first meeting with an ambitious and far-reaching agenda.Sets Ambitious Agenda. At its inaugural meeting July 27, the committee, which includes institutional governance heavyweights Hye-Won Choi (TIAA-CREF), Mark Anson (Nuveen Investments), Abe …

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The Investors Working Group, a bi-partisan panel of experts created in February 2009 by the Council of Institutional  Investors and the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity, has released its recommendations for reform and modernisation of the US financial …

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The California Public Employees Retirement System, or CalPERS, is the US’s largest pension fund which provides retirement benefits to 1.6 million public employees. It’s also one of the most active proponents of good corporate governance on both a domestic and …

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Sir David Walker’s review of the governance of UK banks, commissioned by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has published 39 recommendations aimed at improving the governance of  banks and other big financial institutions (BOFIs). The aim of the report was to …

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