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The Financial Reporting Council is seeking to achieve more transparent and consistent reporting on the Stewardship Code by investment managers.
The Code was introduced in 2010 following the recommendations of The Walker Review and sets out a number of areas …
Read MoreThe shares of UK sports clothes and equipment retailer, Sports Direct, took a hit this week, despite reporting increased profits, following an investigation by the Guardian newspaper which it said revealed that workers at its new Shirebrook warehouse are receiving …
Read MoreThe chairman and chief executive of Brazilian investment bank, BTG Pactual, Andre Santos Esteves, has been forced to resign following his arrest amid accusations of bribery.
According to press reports, Esteves was accused of allegedly conspiring with Delcidio Amaral, …
Read MoreThe Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) officially launched its new AGM voting toolkit this month (08-Dec-15). The 34 policy ‘Red Lines‘ (19 Governance, 10 Social and 5 Environmental) are designed to help pension trustees hold investee companies …
Read MoreThe Council of Institutional Investors (CII), which represents pension funds and other institutional investors in the US, has published two reports highlighting the most effective ways to conduct and disclose engagement between investors and companies.
CII Investor-Company Roundtable: Effective Engagement…
Read MoreAs the countries taking part in the UN Climate Change Summit, COP 21 in Paris, struggled to reach agreement 114 major companies including Coca-Cola, Dell, Kellogg, Procter & Gamble and Sony pledged to set emissions reduction targets in line with …
Read MoreNew York City Mayor, Don Blasio, has urged all government pension funds in New York and across the US to divest from funds that include assault weapon manufacturers. In his call he is joining a growing campaign which is …
Read MoreThe European Union (EU) has reached an agreement on new legislation which will improve cyber-security across all member states. The European Commission proposed the directive in 2013 and an agreement on its content was reached by the EU Council of …
Read MoreThe Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued two consultations as part of its ramped up efforts to implement the EU Audit Regulation and Directive regime and strengthen investor confidence in governance.
Following its October discussion paper UK …
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