Administration April 6, 2004
Canadian Institutions Band Together for Better Governance
June 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group comprising
some of Canada's biggest pension funds, mutual funds, and
money managers has formed the Canadian Coalition for Good
Governance to fight for improved governance at Canadian
companies.
Reported by Nevin E. Adams
The coalition members plan a number of initiatives, including:
- monitoring the composition and performance of boards;
- insisting that key board committees have a majority of independent outside directors;
- and developing a common position on acceptable accounting standards.
The coalition’s members include:
- Altamira Financial Services Ltd.
- Beutel Goodman & Co.
- Burgundy Asset Management
- Franklin Templeton Investments
- The Investment Counsel Association of Canada
- Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd.
- KBSH Capital Management
- Mackenzie Financial
- Manulife Financial
- OMERS
- The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and
- Standard Life
In a news release, Teachers’ said the organization is the brainchild of Stephen Jarislowsky, chairman and chief executive of Jarislowsky Fraser, and Claude Lamoureux, president and chief executive of Teachers’.
Teachers’ noted that recent changes to the Canada Business Corporations Act provide institutional investors with the opportunity to work together as shareholders.