Asset managers failing to utilise shareholder engagement with fossil fuels January 5th, 2023 Asset managers that finance fossil fuel expansion are failing to effectively employ shareholder engagement tactics. Asset managers failed to translate their words into actions at fossil fuel company AGMs in 2023, according to new research from Reclaim Finance. The NGO and campaigning […]
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Some of the world’s largest asset managers are far off track on meeting their 2050 net zero commitments, a study by data tool FinanceMap has found, with many failing to improve their climate performance over the past two years.
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Governments around the world are being urged to mandate climate transition commitments by a coalition of asset managers representing $39trn in capital.
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Environmental factors top list of investor priorities Environmental and corporate governance issues topped the list of biggest priorities for the UK’s largest investors – but stewardship engagement remains an area of concern, a report reveals. EY’s inaugural report into investor stewardship and engagement found that while investors and asset managers were most focused on environment […]
Read MoreThe UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a series of changes to improve the governance of fund managers, to strengthen their duty to act in the best interests of investors and to use its senior managers regime to bring individual focus and accountability to this duty in its final report of its asset management industry study . The […]
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