Our latest Minerva Briefing covers voting trends and shareholder dissent at the UK’s largest 350 companies in the first half of the 2021 voting season.

This Minerva Briefing on the 2021 UK proxy season is available to download free. Get
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The recent boom in ESG investing has swept up investors from all backgrounds. From oil majors to day-traders, everyone is turning toward ESG funds to boost their green credentials. However, the boom has been accompanied by a stark increase in …

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Regulatory initiatives are driving forward climate-sensitive investing faster than ever, and understanding how your fund is impacted by these developments is a prerequisite to meeting your fiduciary and regulatory objectives.

For those who are just starting their journey in sustainable …

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Biodiversity, growth, stocks, shares

Released on Earth Day 2021 (22/04/2021), this Minerva Analytics briefing  is intended to help investors navigate the oncoming stream of information around biodiversity. Today, economists, governments, regulators, and investors are looking not only at the impact of climate change on …

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Total Remuneration Survey 2019

The Manifest Total Remuneration Survey 2019 edition is now out!

Over the past 20 years, the Manifest Total Remuneration Survey has become an essential resource to support engagement on pay. Now published by Minerva Analytics, The Manifest Total Remuneration Survey …

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Minerva Briefing 2019 UK Voting Review

This Minerva Analytics briefing looks at voting trends and shareholder dissent at the top 350 UK companies. The briefing identifies the number of companies that received more than 20% on a resolution and the long-term trends in dissent, as well …

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Minerva Briefing: Executive Pensions in the UK 2019

This Minerva briefing on Executive Pensions in the UK 2019 looks at the issue of pension fairness in the FTSE 100. It examines developments in executive preferential pension and details how companies in the FTSE 100 have been responding to …

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Minerva Briefing: Board Evaluation

Board effectiveness and the role of evaluation in supporting good governance has resulted in increased attention from regulators, investors and other stakeholders.

  • Institutional investors are increasingly expecting boards to undertake evaluation. For example, the International Corporate Governance Network’s Global Governance
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Minerva Briefing: UK Capital Authorities 2019

Capital governance is a critical shareholder protection. Capital authority requests are routine agenda items at shareholder meetings in the UK and relate to:

• The authority to issue shares with pre-emption rights;
• The authority to issue shares without pre-emption …

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Minerva Briefing: UK Board Chair Tenure 2019

Recent changes to the UK Governance Code have put board chair tenure into the spotlight. This Briefing looks at the impact of the changes in respect of the top 350 identifying the number of companies with a chair who has …

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