diversity

Boardroom diversity improves financial performance


July 23, 2021

Higher stock returns and more social justice come from boardroom diversity, Financial Reporting Council says

Businesses that encourage boardroom gender diversity achieve better financial results, new research has found.

The report from …

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FCA

FCA lambasts ‘poor quality’ ESG product design

UK watchdog outlines guidance to improve sector credibility as asset managers rush to launch new products


July 23, 2021

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has hit out at “poor quality” product applications …

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BEIS aims to ‘restore’ investor trust in audit and corporate governance

BEIS aims to ‘restore’ investor trust in audit and corporate governance

Audits could look at companies’ wider performance, including against key climate targets

A government consultation is seeking views on a series of proposals to reform the UK’s audit, corporate

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sustainability disclosure, climate standards

MEPs pave the way for higher environmental standards

New EU law on due diligence will also cover human rights issues

MEPs are urging companies and investors to focus on sustainability by paving the way for a new EU law that

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Guy Jubb: AGMs have lost their sense of purpose

Guy Jubb: AGMs have lost their sense of purpose 

Ex-Standard Life Investments governance head argues meetings should be complemented by continual dialogue

Guy Jubb, former head of governance at asset management giant Standard Life Investments, claims AGMs have lost their

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StanChart boss pay slashed 29%

StanChart boss pay slashed 29%

CEO Bill Winters’ pay packet has been reduced to £3.8m

The CEO of Standard Chartered has seen his pay packet slashed by 29% with the bank reporting heavy profit falls due to the fallout from

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Toshiba finds no evidence of pressuring Harvard over AGM vote

Toshiba finds no evidence of pressuring Harvard over AGM vote

Largest shareholder Effissimo wants independent probe

Toshiba has found no evidence it was involved in trying to influence the Harvard University endowment fund over voting at its AGM, following an

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Investors back EU plan for human rights due diligence rules

Investors back EU plan for human rights due diligence rules

The Investor Alliance for Human Rights wants mandatory, rather than voluntary, reporting and due diligence rules for corporations

The Investor Alliance for Human Rights has called for EU companies to

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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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UK cracks down on Chinese imports linked to forced labour

Government takes up the plight of Uyghur Muslims

The UK government is introducing new rules to prevent the import of goods suspected of using forced labour in China’s Xinjiang province.

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab told the House of Commons on …

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