Corporate governance

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National Advisory Group, Foster Denovo has agreed to acquire the corporate division of wealth manager Barker Poland.

Poor corporate governance in banks must be "urgently" addressed as it can ultimately lead to their failure, Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants has said.

Personal pension providers are exposing policyholders and millions of future auto-enrolled workers to significant governance failures, a lobby group has warned.

Leading asset managers and insurers have donated more than £90,000 to a parliamentary group on corporate governance.

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Good corporate governance is not just a significant indicator for actively managed funds but just as important when it comes down to analysing passive products such as ETFs.

Although most developed and developing economies came out of recession during the course of last year, most recoveries are expected to be slow and fragile in nature.

F&C is leading a number of worldwide asset managers in the fight to address the "poor governance practices" of many Japanese companies.