US responsible investment investors have secured a greater commitment from asset management giant BlackRock that it will be engaging with its investee companies on climate risk. The group hopes that this could also mean BlackRock supports some climate change …
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Despite being signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment, the RI disclosures of Europe’s largest asset managers are extremely varied in quality, according to new research by advocacy group, ShareAction.
ShareAction rated the disclosures of 40 leading fund managers …
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The UK’s Purposeful Company Task force, set up by the Big Innovation Centre, has called for major changes in corporate governance, asset management and backed the Financial Reporting Council’s proposal for company’s to report on how directors are …
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The US has moved a step closer to a national stewardship and governance code with the launch of the Investor Stewardship Group. The signatories and supporters of the $17 trillion group are now urging all institutional investors to join …
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The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has published a draft stewardship code for insurers in their role as institutional investors managing funds on behalf of policyholders.
The IRDAI said: “Considering the fiduciary role played by the …
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Peter Damgaard Jensen, chief executive of the large Danish pension fund manager PKA has become chairman of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). Jensen took over from Donald McDonald, who has also retired from his post as …
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The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), the membership body for UK’s pension funds, has published its AGM Season Report 2016, focusing on executive pay using data provided by Manifest. A survey of PLSA members for the report …
Read MoreMembers of the UK’s largest occupational pension fund, Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and the National Union of Students (NUS) have demanded an end to investments which breach the UN’s Controversial Weapons Convention, such as cluster munitions and landmines. The …
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Most of the largest Australian superannuation (super) pension funds are adopting some form of responsible investment according to a survey by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA).
The RIAA said its Superfund Responsible Investment Benchmarking Report involved a detailed …
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