NAPF bid to bring companies closer

By Mohamed Ali Bernat The NAPF has published a comprehensive statement of corporate governance policies to help build a closer relationship between pension funds as shareholders and the companies they invest in. NAPF Investment committee chairman Alan Rubenstein said Government had taken a keen interest in corporate governance issues, looking to shareholders to play a more active part in ensuring boards steer their companies forward to achieve long-term shareholder value. He said: "In line with this aim, the Government has urged institutional shareholders to make greater use of their rig...