The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found many firms must improve their disclosures to meet the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).
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SEC commissioner Elad Roisman, one of the four leading officials at the US regulator, has called for ESG labelling from fund groups to be made clearer. However, at the same time Roisman is wary about more “prescriptive” ESG disclosure requirements being introduced for listed companies. Giving the keynote speech at the Society of Corporate Governance’s virtual national conference, Roisman said asset managers […]
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Japan’s GPIF scales up stewardship expectations Japan’s biggest public pension fund has revised its stewardship and proxy voting principles amid a surge in shareholder activism in the country. The Government Pension Investment Fund, one the world’s largest pools of retirement savings with assets totalling ¥168.9 trillion (£1.28 trillion) as of the end of 2019, has […]
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High performing fund managers overlooked… if they’re black Investors are being urged to tackle institutional racism after a major study found black fund managers are often overlooked due to their colour – even when they are high performing. The study, published last week by Stanford University and venture capital firm Illumen Capital, found evidence of racial […]
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