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The industry believes putting members on the boards of all schemes would improve governance, but says they must be given enough time off and qualifications should be mandatory.

A Share Action roundtable hosted by Professional Pensions brought pensions schemes, investors and providers together to talk about how to engage members with responsible investment. Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges and opportunities

PP finds more must be done to help member-nominated trustees be better governors

Lobby group ShareAction has urged policymakers to stop imposing "heavy-handed" regulation after its research has found the UK pensions sector is "creaking".

As shareholders voted on WPP boss Martin Sorrell's controversial pay package Catherine Howarth says it is time for more scrutiny on executive pay.

A group of investors including two UK schemes have urged Shell to drop its membership from a US lobby group accused of being obstructive on climate policy.

The government must rein in pension promises, or find the funds to back them as the state's unfunded liabilities approach £6trn, argues the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS).

The proportion of asset managers reporting to clients on their stewardship and voting activities fell last year, according to the Investment Association.

Shareholders have backed a resolution brought by a group of investors including 15 UK pension schemes to force Shell to measure and manage its exposure to climate change risk.

Some asset managers are failing to use their voting rights to properly steward pension assets and are not being sufficiently transparent, according to a report by ShareAction.