F&C

F&C voted down one-fifth of pay packages worldwide in 2011, almost double the amount from the previous year.

Andrew Short looks at why dividends could be making a comeback

F&C has hired Steve Ilott as head of multi strategy investments in its newly-launched Investment and Institutional Business.

Interest rate and inflation hedging by pension schemes shot up last quarter as more funds switched between hedging instruments to take advantage of falling inflation.

Institutional investor pressure has forced Cairn Energy to drop a £2.5m share reward for its chief executive.

A group of investors has raised concerns that Solvency II could see pension funds and insurers move away from alternative assets.

The Pension Protection Fund has appointed a "reserve bench" of Liability Driven Investment managers.

A 90% surge in interest rate hedging and a 14% increase in inflation hedging drove the value of scheme liabilities hedged in the third quarter of the year above £22bn, research shows.

UK - Pension fund property manager Legal & General Property has restructured its senior management team by appointing a new director to oversee its range of funds.

Sherborne Investors' Edward Bramson's eagerly-awaited strategic review into F&C has laid out plans to cut costs, leading to staff redundancies.