Institutional investors are demanding high ethical standards from their investment managers and all investors are looking better transparency about fees they charge according to, From Trust to Loyalty: A Global Survey of What Investors Want, produced for the CFA

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The chairman and chief executive of investment giant, BlackRock, Larry Fink has written to the chief executives of major companies in the US and Europe encouraging them to think long-term and to provide their shareholders with more forward-looking plans. Fink …

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The relationship between the chairman and the chief executive of a company is absolutely fundamental according to Sir David Walker, former chairman of Barclays, speaking on Radio 4’s, The Bottom Line.

In a discussion about managing the boardroom, Michael …

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Compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code remains high,with 90 per cent of the FTSE 350 complying with all but one or two provisions, according to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in its report, Developments in Corporate Governance and Stewardship

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The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (the Association), better known as the National Association of Pension Funds of old,  has updated its Corporate Governance Policy and Voting Guidelines. The Corporate Governance Policy and Voting Guidelines aim to  promote the …

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The Financial Reporting Council is seeking to achieve more transparent and consistent reporting on the Stewardship Code by investment managers.

The Code was introduced in 2010 following the recommendations of The Walker Review and sets out a number of areas …

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The Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) officially launched its new AGM voting toolkit this month (08-Dec-15). The 34 policy ‘Red Lines‘  (19 Governance, 10 Social and 5 Environmental) are designed to help pension trustees hold investee companies …

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As the countries taking part in the UN Climate Change Summit, COP 21 in Paris, struggled to reach agreement  114 major companies including Coca-Cola, Dell, Kellogg, Procter & Gamble and Sony pledged to set emissions reduction targets in line with …

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The PRI – Principles for Responsible Investment – project is calling on stakeholders and investors to take part in a series of initiatives it will be carrying out through out 2016 to mark its 10th anniversary. These will be reviewing …

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Al Gore, Founder of the Climate Reality Project, provided the key note speech at a meeting of institutional investors held as part of the official series of events within the UN’s Climate Change Summit (COP 21) in Paris.

The …

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