June 3, 2025
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has unveiled the UK Stewardship Code 2026, which looks to bolster reporting to “showcase high quality stewardship” and “support …
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May 30, 2025
A report from NGO ShareAction has branded most asset managers’ responsible investment practice standard as “disappointing”, with progress having “slowed significantly” since 2022.
The report graded …
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May 9, 2025
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has set out recommendations to help asset owners, managers, and policymakers better tackle the challenges that systemic risks pose to investors.…
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January 31, 2025
Companies remain under scrutiny for their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, with two separate coalitions—both led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton—targeting a group of financial …
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September 6th, 2024
A group of 24 Republican attorneys has raised concerns about whether American asset managers are violating their fiduciary duties by outsourcing voting on environmental proposals to proxy advisors.…
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NZAOA warns entire economic system is at risk
February 15th, 2024
The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has warned that asset owners would only be able to meet their clients’ net zero aspirations through climate stewardship.
The United Nations-backed group …
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Asset managers are failing asset owners on stewardship
December 1st, 2023
The UK Asset Owner Stewardship Review has found considerable misalignment and misunderstanding on stewardship issues between asset owners and asset managers.
The review is based on findings from the …
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UK asset managers U-turn on climate at oil firms’ AGMs
21st July, 2023
Some of the biggest UK asset managers have withdrawn their support for a shareholder resolution to cut carbon emissions.
UK AMs including Legal & General, Schroders …
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Some of Europe’s biggest pension funds and asset managers have filed a shareholder vote urging HSBC to cut its lending linked to fossil fuels.
Fifteen institutional investors with a …
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Some of the world’s largest asset managers are not using their proxy voting rights to support sustainable …
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