Significant challenges exist for asset stewards in terms of assessing whether pertinent ESG factors have been identified and integrated into the investment process of their asset managers, according to Niall O’Shea from Discern Sustainability.
At Minerva’s recent ESG Educational Event …
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The CEO of business lobbying giant, the US Chamber of Commerce, has delivered a surprise speech calling for bipartisan action on a number of issues – including climate change.
In a clear departure from its traditional pro-Republican stance, the Chamber’s …
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It has become one of the most disparaged – and lampooned – regulatory institutions of this century.
The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) oversight of the audit profession has been dubbed everything from ramshackle to …
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Major investors demand change at Barclays
A group of investors has filed a landmark shareholder resolution with banking giant Barclays over its financing of fossil fuel intensive companies.
Eleven major institutional investors, including Brunel Pension Partnership and LGPS Central, together …
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Shortcomings in SEC proposals exposed
Minerva Analytics has written a no-holds-barred letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stressing several major issues with the regulator’s proposed proxy adviser rules.
The letter, penned by Minerva CEO Sarah Wilson, makes …
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The Risk Coalition has published its long-awaited final principles-based guidance for UK board risk committees – urging firms to adopt the principles early to meet the “challenging” framework.
In its guidance report, titled ‘Raising the Bar’, the Risk Coalition outlines …
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Companies face new reporting and governance targets
Companies have been urged to improve their corporate reporting and governance practices in a new report from the Financial Reporting Council.
The FRC published its Annual Review of the UK Corporate Governance …
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Furious Westpac shareholders have slapped a second strike on the bank, as investors confronted the firm for the first time since its child sex and money laundering scandals.
At the Australian bank’s AGM in Sydney on 12 December, an overwhelming …
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Nearly nine in 10 investment professionals doubt that climate risks are being correctly priced into company valuations, a major poll reveals.
The survey, conducted by the prominent Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), found an overwhelming 87% of respondents do not …
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