Fawcett: Improved pensions governance "a fantasy"

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Improving companies through corporate governance will remain "a fantasy" until pension trustees better align their managers' incentives, said Mark Fawcett, chief investment officer at the UK's National Employment Savings Trust.

Fawcett told delegates that pension trustees were too focused on short term returns. With UK stocks falling drastically, environmental, social and governance risk factors affecting the next 20 to ...

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