Class Actions & Investor Litigation: A Guide for Pension Funds

It was my pleasure to edit another IPE Class Actions & Investor Litigation supplement, which recently landed on our readers' desks. This guide for pension funds is timely given the growing need to demonstrate good governance on behalf of their members and the broader economy.

In my introduction Getting the priorities right in pursuit of better corporate behaviour I set the scene in a much changed environment in which greater investor activism and a wave of recent financial scandals has encouraged many European pension funds to become more active. We look at the opt out/opt in question, the role of the lead plaintiff, litigation funding and the position of passive investors. We also look at what specific investors have done in this space and why.

My thanks to all those who contributed to IPE's Class Actions & Investor Litigation Guide for Pension Funds: Caroline Goodman of Institutional Protection, Ivar Eilertsen of ISS | Institutional Shareholder Services, Robin Ellison of the College of Lawmakers, Adam Brown of Simmons & Simmons, Andrew Hill of Fox Williams, Joeri Klein of Deminor, Darren Check and Bram Hendriks of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Daniel Summerfield of Pomerantz LLP , Jeroen van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Charlie Morris of Woodsford, Owen Thorne of Merseyside Pension Fund, Andrew Herring of Pinsent Masons, Richard Hornshaw of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Jeremy Marshall of Winward Litigation Finance, Tom Steindler of Exton Advisors, Susan Dunn of the Association of Litigation Funders of England & Wales, Zachary Sananes of Stewarts, and finally to Jonathan Gardner, Carol Villegas and Danielle Izzo of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP. Not forgetting outstanding journalists Gail Moss , Brendan Maton , Hugo Greenhalgh and Niamh Smith .

I hope you find this year's Guide interesting and useful. Any feedback welcome!