DWP, pensions, stewardship

UK Pensions raise stewardship ambitions


July 9, 2021

This week marked the inaugural meeting of the Occupational Pensions Stewardship council, a new Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) initiative responding to a recent push for improved stewardship and …

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PRI, Fiona Reynolds

Fiona Reynolds announces exit from the PRI


June 11, 2021

Fiona Reynolds, CEO of the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), is to step down from the organisation at the end of the year.

She has led the PRI, …

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CFA Institute

CFA Institute publishes draft ESG disclosure standards


May 28, 2021

CFA Institute has published draft voluntary standards for ESG disclosures for investment managers.

The draft standards are designed to be applied to any product on a case-by-case basis regardless of …

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Minerva launches pooled fund split voting service: ‘VotePlus’

AMX and DWS adopt Minerva’s split voting technology ‘VotePlus’ in upcoming launch

New solution rapidly accelerates sustainable stewardship

Minerva Analytics, Europe’s leading independent proxy voting agency, has embedded its VoteTech in a new, ground-breaking solution designed to help investors better

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Minerva wins top industry award

Minerva wins top industry award

Minerva has scooped an award from the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) for excellence in corporate governance.

Minerva won the Excellence in Corporate Governance Award for 2020 after being selected by an independent …

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Netherland’s Blue Sky Group appoints Minerva Analytics as Proxy Voting Services partner

Netherland’s Blue Sky Group appoints Minerva Analytics as Proxy Voting Services partner

Minerva Analytics has been appointed by Blue Sky Group (BSG), the independent pensions asset manager and administrator in the Netherlands, to provide Proxy Voting Services. 

Following a …

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Minerva partners with Ryedale for ESG investment solution

Minerva Analytics has entered into a collaborative partnership with portfolio management technology provider Ryedale to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) data into the fund management investment process.

The joint work is aimed at asset owners, asset managers and regulators …

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SEC chairman Jay Clayton

Proxy Plumbing: SEC Re-opens Investigations

Plans to review US proxy plumbing infrastructure “long overdue, but very welcome”.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced it will re-examine the US proxy voting system. 

The US securities regulator, the Securities and Exchange

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