FRC launches stewardship code review 28th February, 2024 The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched a review of the UK Stewardship Code 2020 to ensure it supports the growth of the UK’s competitiveness on the global stage. The review will focus on the extent to which the code supports the creation of long-term value […]
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The Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS) is to launch a Swiss Stewardship Code in October requiring institutional investors to be transparent about their investment processes.
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FRC announces 2023 Stewardship Code signatories February 15, 2023 The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced another increase in the number of signatories to the 2020 UK Stewardship Code. Today, it announced an increase of 19 signatories. The FRC received 105 applications at the end of October 2022, of which 88 were successful, taking […]
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The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has added 43 new signatories to its stewardship code.
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One in three applicants to the UK’s Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Stewardship Code did not meet the required standard, owing to shortcomings in evidence and relying too heavily on policy.
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FRC revamps UK Stewardship Code with new report obligation Prospective signatories of the UK Stewardship Code face a new reporting requirement and will soon have to prepare annual stewardship reports, following an update by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). In a “substantial and ambitious” review, the 2012 code has been replaced by the UK Stewardship […]
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Global Stewardship Codes shown in the list below are the key international codes. Stewardship Codes are usually addressed at institutional investors and outline out good practice for engagement with investee companies. Stewardship Codes are generally voluntary and operate on a “comply or explain” or “if not, why not” basis. Stewardship Codes may have an element […]
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Japan has revised its Stewardship Code after acknowledging that investors could benefit from a broader set of corporate governance guidelines. Throughout 2019, a council of experts reviewed the code, before publishing a revised draft for review at the end of December. Since then, the expert panel revised the code in light of submissions received during […]
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A Dutch stewardship code has been drafted by a group of pension funds, insurers and asset managers led by Eumedion, which represents the views of institutional investors on corporate governance and sustainability issues in the Netherlands. Eumedion, which is one of the seven supporting organisations of the Dutch corporate governance code said that developments in the EU […]
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The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has removed its tier three category of asset managers, which suggested they required improvement, in their adherence to its stewardship code. The FRC launched an assessment in December 2015 of the signatories to the code which was created in 2010. When the results of the assement were announced in November last […]
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