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The ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ Quarterly presents an overview of current issues with regard to responsible investment and active shareholding. In particular, the current issue includes the following articles:

Editorial

• New Chairman at ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½

Corporate Governance

• Remuneration: Historical Vote in the USA
• How to Vote Without Being Shareholder
• EU Directive on Cross-Border Voting
• Switzerland: Threshold for Declaration of Shareholdings has to Drop

Socially Responsible Investment

• NGO Activism
• Novartis: Legal Action Against Indian Government
• Credit Suisse: Profits from the Destruction of Primeval Forest
• Corporate Principles and Code of Conduct: Up-Date for Switzerland
• ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ Engagement Pool: Dialogue-Topics for 2007

General Meetings

• Golden Parachutes in Switzerland
• Success for Hewlett-Packard’s Shareholders
• Quarterly Review of General Meetings Analysed by ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½

The ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ Investment Focus (only available in French or German) is the management report of the various segments of the ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ institutional investment fund and of the Pictet-ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ (CH) Swiss Sustainable Equities investment fund. The continued strong performance of the different Swiss Equity segments (in absolute and relative terms) is particularly noteworthy.