F&C

An investor engagement programme has improved anti-corruption transparency in 16 global companies, according to a coalition of shareholders.

An investor group campaign, led by Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS), Aberdeen Asset Management and F&C, has secured disclosure of minority shareholders representatives on the Petrobras board.

F&C asset management has reported outflows of £13.3bn during the course of 2012, as it comes to the end of a significant restructuring under activist investor Edward Bramson.

Rachel Dalton looks at fund managers’ reactions to the ECB’s decision to hold interest rates

F&C Asset Management revealed net outflows of £4.9bn in the last quarter of 2012, as the investment house struggles to regain momentum under activist investor Edward Bramson.

The National Association of Pension Funds has appointed Helen Roberts as its policy lead on investment.

F&C Asset Management has appointed the head of its institutional business, Richard Wilson, as its new chief executive.

Dimensional has unveiled a managed defined contribution proposition that targets an agreed inflation-protected retirement income for savers.

Just over half of trustees are confused by complex investment vehicles, adversely affecting their decision-making abilities, exclusive PP research reveals.

Higher long-term inflation expectations added £5bn to defined benefit scheme deficits in August, according to Mercer.