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FSA proposes two-tier system for London listings
The Financial Services Authority has proposed the creation ... Under the proposals, UK listings would be clearly ... There were concerns that secondary or global depositary ... Sally Dewar, FSA managing director of wholesale and ... Premium listings will have to meet the UK’s...
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Asset managers support bank pay
Despite criticism of bankers' pay by some investors ... In a report yesterday, Pirc noted that: "No ... Directors at Barclays, HBOS, Lloyds and Royal Bank ... Pirc did point out, however, that fund managers ... According to publicly-available voting records, at least one...
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Investors expect tighter US regulatory grip under Obama
European asset managers predict that regulatory oversight of ... Colin Melvin, head of corporate engagement services at ... Hermes' priorities include more power to shareholders in ... However, Melvin cautioned that another Democratic idea has ... He said: "That kind of thing we would...
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Business responsibility index outperforms market
Companies that devoted management time to corporate responsibility ... The study, commissioned by the private sector group ... Companies that were rated highly for corporate responsibility ... In all six years studied, the 33-strong Corporate ... The study chimed with earlier research from the...
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Swiss banks face fresh call for shareholder 'say on pay'
Ethos, the Swiss corporate governance campaigner and activist ... Ethos said in a statement today it has ... The resolution seeks the right for shareholders to ... Ethos said: “Among the main stock markets, Switzerland ... Ethos also today published a survey of last ... The governance group added: “In most cases, variable...
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Street firms accused of tax scheme
Some of the US' biggest investment banks and ... The year-long probe, which relied in part on ... Some of the internal emails show that bank ... The report is scheduled to be released Thursday ... The report is critical not only of banks ... Foreign investors, such as offshore hedge funds, are...
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Hedge funds prove slow to adopt best-practice valuation
The publication of best-practice standards for the hedge ... In January, 14 of the UK’s largest hedge ... These aim to improve governance and disclosure and ... Six months on, however, only one, unnamed, hedge ... Sir Andrew Large, chairman of the working group, ... He said: “I don’t expect managers to simply...
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Comment: Is a board shake-up enough to stop UBS sinking?
For a landlocked nation, it may be inappropriate ... The changes to the board and to the ... They send a strong message to corporate Switzerland ... Four directors with a combined tenure of 31 ... The shake-up shows at least that the new ... Of the 12 members of the board before...
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Passive managers failing to engage on corporate issues
The world’s largest passive asset managers are holding ... The three largest passive managers – State Street ... State Street Global Advisors said its index funds ... By comparison, Christian Brothers Investment Services, which invests ... The decisions of index fund managers could have...
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Hedge funds reject voluntary code
Hedge funds have collectively rejected the voluntary code ... A spokesman for the HFWG confirmed last week ... At the publication of the 28 principles more ... In April, a survey of pension funds carried...
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Hedge fund scores rare win in Japan
US hedge fund Steel Partners helped to eject ... Shareholders at Aderans' general meeting yesterday rejected seven ... Aderans Holdings, a wig-making and haircare company, is ... Toshiaki Oguchi, Japanese representative director of the corporate ... Ruth Nash, a Japanese equity manager at JO...
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Investor advisers give thumbs up to Sarbox
Investment advisers speaking at a corporate governance conference ... Michael Lofing, a managing director in financial analysis ... He said: "The audit on internal controls will ... Francis Hounnongandji, chief executive of Allied Business Controls, ... He said EU legislation like the 8th Company...
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