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Institutions lack bite says TUC
The vast majority of institutional investors did
not challenge the remuneration reports of
leading banks or the takeover of ABN Amro by
the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in the run up
to the 2008 financial crash, the TUC reveals in
its annual fund manager voting survey.
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But schemes active says NAPF
Meanwhile the National Association of Pension
Funds (NAPF) has released its survey of
pension fund engagement, providing a different
perspective on current practice.
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FSA extends shorting regime
The Financial Services Authority has further
extended its disclosure regime in respect of
short positions relating to financial stocks. The
FSA’s reporting regime requires net short
positions exceeding 0.25% of a company’s
issued shared capital or increases by 0.1%
bands above that to be disclosed.
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