ESG factor identification, implementation and monitoring is now a fundamental part of setting pension scheme investment beliefs, according to investment consultants Redington.
At Minerva’s ESG Educational Event held recently in London, Honor Fell, Head of Responsible Investment at Redington, …
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The Shareholder Right Directive II establishes the requirements in relation to the exercise of certain shareholder rights attached to voting shares in relation to general meetings of companies which have …
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The FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has developed voluntary, consistent climate-related financial risk disclosures to help investors, lenders, insurers, and other stakeholders understand, measure and respond to climate change risks.
Minerva is an accredited …
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When it comes to ESG data in the investment chain, global regulators understand that operational risk as a key contributor to systemic risk. Faulty ESG data was identified as one of the major contributors …
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How should fund managers report to pension funds on their responsible investment (RI) activities?
In an attempt to improve the quality of ESG and stewardship reporting, sixteen of UK’s largest pension funds, with a collective worth of £200bn, have published …
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The UK’s Pensions Regulator, TPR, issued new investment guidance for defined benefit pension schemes at the end of March 2017. A number of changes have been made to the guidance based on stakeholder feedback. The TPR guidance now includes expanded …
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To help pension trustees meet their regulatory duties to monitor stewardship and ESG, the Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) published the Red Line Voting Policy.
The Red Lines Voting Policy addresses the most …
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is responsible for the principles which set guidance for governments and global corporations. The G20/OECD Principles for Corporate Governance, usually referred to simply as “the OECD Guidelines” and the OECD Guidelines for …
The UK’s Pensions Regulator’s code of practice for defined contribution (DC) pension schemes, (“DC Code”) which sets out the standards that pension trustees need to meet to comply with legislation, came into force come into force on 28 July …
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During 2017/2018 the UK’s Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) system will be transformed and have new requirements to address ESG and Stewardship activities. The new investment regulations empower LGPS administering authorities in making their investment decisions under a …
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