Fund management profile: Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System
With C$30 bn in assets and a requirement to invest C$3-5 mn a day, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (Omers) is...
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ESG Archive
Structural concerns
As the euro era beckons, the landscape of corporate Europe is changing. Cozy cross-shareholdings are being untangled and...
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Proxy field guide
It's a jungle out there.' That's how one CEO of a large US corporation describes this proxy season. And when you consider the...
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In the stocks
Every year at around this time the UK's Investor Relations Society holds its conference. Every year it hauls up some corporate...
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Judgement day
It won't be an apocalypse. And it won't be another trial by proxy card, for the last decade has already seen corporate America put...
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Global view
One of the key concerns of delegates at this year's World Economic Forum was how to cope with globalization. Academics, trade...
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Brake for healthcare
There is the business cycle - of around eleven years - and there is the Investor Relations cycle, which is about twenty miles. The...
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Profile: Andrew Kakabadse
According to Andrew Kakabadse, the future of corporate governance in Europe rests on the political future of Europe. The one is...
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Spotlight on Houston
When you consider that Howard Hughes came from Houston, the eccentric and domineering Texas city starts to make sense. Extravagant...
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Encounters: To the rescue
Shortly before Christmas, I was standing in a check-in line at Dulles airport when I noticed Sam. He was checking-in a few desks...
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