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Demand for pension fund engagement grows

01 March 2010

Pension fund trustees are increasingly seeking to be good owners of the companies they invest in to promote their long-term value

Read more: [pension fund] [engagement] [long-term value] [Hermes Equity Ownership Services]

Pension fund trustees are increasingly seeking to be good owners of the companies they invest in, engaging with these companies and voting their shares intelligently to promote their long term value, says Hermes Equity Ownership Services.

Increased demand for ethical investing has brought Hermes Equity Ownership Services (Hermes EOS) £16 billion in new mandates. Hermes EOS has been appointed by BAE Systems Pension Funds (£11.7 billion), Unipension (£9.1...


 

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