In the News 6/7

Jun 12, 20141 min read

Pension funds 'negligent' if they pursue returns above all else

by Jonathan Williams Pension funds 'negligent' if they pursue returns above all else | News | IPE Pension trustees are neglecting their...

Jun 7, 20141 min read

Governance codes must be cleaned up, Standard Life warns

A boss at Standard Life Investments (SLI) has said that corporate governance is too "cluttered" and should be pruned to ensure that...

May 12, 20141 min read

Business seen as a force for good – rediscovering its human purposes

by Davina Patel The human purposes of business, shareholder responsibility and a stewardship code for business owners were the key...

May 5, 20141 min read

Commercial logic is somewhat lacking

by Mr Mark Goyder Sir, I am intrigued by the investor logic suggested by your report (May 1) that “other shareholders said that the City...

Apr 24, 20141 min read

Letters to the Editor - 24/04 - Licence to operate, Best of Twitter

by Mark Goyder Licence to operate Whether Allister Heath likes it or not, the “licence to operate” – a term first popularised by...

Mar 26, 20141 min read

Women in UK Boardrooms at a Glacial Pace: Do We Care?

> The proportion of women in British boardrooms now stands at around 21% and you may be sure that many (including, inevitably, Vince...

Mar 3, 20141 min read

Think tank to offer trustees new long-term ‘comply or explain’ tools

by Taha Lokhandwala A guide on how to achieve long-term financial returns is to be published this week, including, along with practical...

Feb 13, 20141 min read

A better way for capital markets to work

Capital markets were originally dreamt up as a way to finance projects for the greater good. So what changed? And can a more sustainable...

Feb 5, 20141 min read

Recommendations made to increase success of UK’s Stewardship Code

by Lauren Weymouth A new report has called for the industry to go beyond the minimum set out in the UK Stewardship Code in a transition...

Dec 30, 20131 min read

Interview with Erika Karp

Interview with Erika Karp in Inside Invester Relations: When Erika Karp talks about diversity, the line between her personal values and...

May 16, 20132 min read

Re-inventing capitalism: McKinsey CEO key speech

Re-inventing capitalism: McKinsey CEO key speech John Drummond, Corporate Culture “There is a crisis in capitalism”, Dominic Barton, the...

Dec 19, 20124 min read

Sustainable Capitalism....If not now, then when?

Guest post by Erika Karp, Managing Director and the Head of Global Sector Research for UBS Investment Bank. The prominent Jewish scholar...

Dec 19, 20123 min read

The Power to Convene

Guest post by Erika Karp, Managing Director and the Head of Global Sector Research for UBS Investment Bank. In his play The Merchant of...

Nov 1, 20121 min read

Is there a payoff from top-team diversity?

Mckinsey Quarterly: There are many reasons companies with more diverse executive teams should outperform their peers: fielding a team...

Oct 30, 20121 min read

The World at Global Population Peak

In September 2012, Wikistrat ran a two-week simulation exploring the state of the world at the anticipated point of peak global...

Oct 10, 20121 min read

Dominic Barton: 'A Blueprint for better business?'

Dominic Barton Global MD of McKinsey and Co, held an online discussion on the online platform for 'A blueprint for better business?' on...

Oct 4, 20121 min read

Margaret Heffernan at the RSA: Wilful Blindness

Entrepreneur, CEO and author Margaret Heffernan was on BBC Radio 4's 'Four Thought' at the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of...

Sep 14, 20126 min read

Future-proofing needs collaboration, innovation, education and inspiration

by Giles Hutchins Make no mistake, the transformation from a firm of the past to a firm of the future is challenging, especially while...

Sep 6, 20121 min read

Put purpose before profit – and make money anyway

“Tal ordentligt – det koster dig ikke noget“ (“Speak decently – it doesn’t cost you anything”) is the tagline of Danish low-cost mobile...

Dec 2, 20112 min read

Tomorrow's Value

LEADING business people have been discussing the future of their companies and the role they play in the communities they serve in a...