GO Press
20/08/2008
Dr William Crist to chair Governance for Owners
Dr William (Bill) Crist, former president of the board of CalPERS, has been appointed to the board of Governance for Owners Group LLP (GO) and will take over as Chairman in October. Robert Mo...
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17/06/2008
Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times: Stock lenders should also face disclosure rules
From Mr Peter ButlerSir, The Financial Services Authority’s move to shore up rights issu...
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21/05/2008
GO welcomes Amer board proposals
Governance for Owners (GO) congratulates the board of Amer Sports for taking swift and decisive action in relation to the composition of the board. GO intends to support the election of the t...
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26/02/2008
Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times: Short-term investors communicate their views more clearly than those with long time horizons
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€330m additional investment spurs GO's growth and new appointments
Governance for Owners (GO), the relational investment and governance overlay partnership, has won new mandates from two major US pension funds, the California State Teachers’ Retirement Syste...
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07/11/2007
Railpen retains GO Japan for governance overlay mandate
Governance for Owners (GO) announces today that its client Railpen Investments (Railpen), one of the largest British pension funds, has extended the corporate governance overlay mandate it has with...
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20/09/2007
GO seeking Senior Partner
GO is seeking an additional Senior Partner - Advertisement appeared in the FT
Successful but bored?
Ambitiou...
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14/09/2007
Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times: Activists can be responsible and constructive
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GO’s reaction to bid for DEPFA from Hypo Real Estate
Governance for Owners (GO), an institutional investor in DEPFA, announcestoday that it intends to tender its shares to Hypo Real Estate Group. GOholds 1.7% of DEPFA’s issued share...
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06/09/2007
Offer for Koninklijke Wegener NV: response by institutional shareholder
LONDON, Governance for Owners LLP (GO), one of the largest institutional shareholders in Koninklijke Wegener NV (Wegener) holding 13.29% of Wegener’s ordinary shares, announces its response t...
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13/07/2007
GO response to FRC Interim report of market participants group as part of audit choice project
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Railpen develops Singapore Corporate Governance Policy in conjunction HIM Governance Pte Ltd and Governance for Owners
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GO expands to Japan
Governance for Owners (GO), the share owner advocacy partnership established byformer Hermes directors Peter Butler and Steve Brown, announces today thatsenior Japanese governance exper...
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23/04/2007
Investment and corporate expertise specialists join GO team
Governance for Owners (GO), the independent partnership specialising inshareholder engagement funds and stewardship activities, announced today thatChristy Wood and Bruno Allmendinger h...
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01/03/2007
Governance expert joins GO USA
Governance for Owners (GO), the share owner advocacy partnership established byformer Hermes directors Peter Butler and Steve Brown and its US subsidiary,Governance for Owners USA under...
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05/02/2007
Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times: Think less of being short-term investors, more of being owners
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Letter to the Editor of The Wall Street Journal: 'Corporate democracy' ultimately means improved shareholder value
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