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UK govt launches ESG ratings consultation

December 14, 2022

ESG rating providers may soon be brought within the regulatory remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) by the UK government in the first quarter of 2023.

A consultation on regulating …

Voting and the laws of unintended consequences

It would be fair to say that the importance of shareholder voting has enjoyed an increasingly higher profile in recent years, not least in response to the financial crisis. Just within the UK investment context, initiatives such as the Myners …

Institutional investors should start own credit rating agencies

Speaking at the Council of Institutional Investors Autumn conference in Los Angeles last week, Jules Kroll, chairman and co-founder of K2 Global Partners, told attendees that investors could improve the integrity of ratings by taking ownership of the process.

Investors …

US pension fund adds to credit rating agency woes

Five of Ohio’s public pension funds have joined California in pursuit of recompense from the three dominant credit ratings agencies (CRAs), Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch. Ohio’s Attorney General, Richard Cordray estimates that the five funds involved in the …