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FRC Streamlines Stewardship Code

Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has moved to reduce reporting burdens and streamline processes for signatories through a revamp of its Stewardship Code. The second phase will now consist in a full public consultation, due to be launched in the summer after the 2024 AGM voting season.

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UK Stewardship Code to Benefit from Fine-tuning

Chris Hall

MARCH 4, 2024

A review of the UK Stewardship Code 2020 should prompt evolution rather than revolution, according to industry experts, who want to see refinement aimed at further improving outcomes. The post UK Stewardship Code to Benefit from Fine-tuning appeared first on ESG Investor.

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UK Stewardship Code to Keep up with the Times

Chris Hall

APRIL 11, 2024

Andrea Tweedie, Head of Stewardship at the Financial Reporting Council, highlights progress to date and calls for ‘good, bad and ugly’ feedback ahead of the upcoming review. The new codes substantially raised expectations for how money is invested on behalf of UK savers and pensioners,” said Tweedie.

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A Fine Line

Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2024

Laith Cahill, Senior Net Zero Stewardship Specialist at the IIGCC, says the UK’s streamlined Stewardship Code must preserve its ambition. Since its last update in 2019, the landscape for stewardship and reporting has evolved drastically. The Stewardship Code plays a key role in influencing global practice and rigour.

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The Spirit of Partnership

Chris Hall

APRIL 25, 2025

According to its 2024 review , the pool manages 35.9 Dynamic situation The timing of the release of the climate stewardship principles is illuminating. The final revisions to the code are expected to be released in the first half of the year.

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Take Five: Ready to Engage

Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

Proposals to bolster sustainable finance in Europe include recommendations for a new region-wide stewardship code. In Q2 2024, Europe’s strengthening performance was, however, offset by outflows in virtually every other market – meaning green funds globally saw just US$4.3 billion of net new money.

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The Key to Effective Stewardship

Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

billion of pension fund assets, as of 30 June 2024, and manages seven investment-pooling vehicles across seven asset classes: global equities, fixed income, infrastructure, real estate, private equity, credit and alternatives. Deakin is a strong advocate of the code. LPPI, for example, is responsible for £26.3

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Government Delay of ARGA Leaves FRC Toothless

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The FRC’s review of 2022 UK Stewardship Code submissions from asset managers and owners identified improvements in the quality of disclosures, including addressing systemic risks, monitoring third parties and extending assessments beyond equity investments.

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Take Five: The Waiting is Almost Over

Chris Hall

MARCH 1, 2024

Another long-awaited announcement came from the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC), which confirmed the start of its Stewardship Code 2020 review. FRC Head of Stewardship Andrea Tweedie’s keynote speech at the Stewardship Summit 2024 should shed further light on this. Evolution or revolution?

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Japan’s GPIF Studying Stewardship Impact

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

“It is crucial to examine whether GPIF’s activities can be connected to companies’ behavioural changes and higher ESG ratings.” As first outlined in GPIF’s ‘ Stewardship Activities Report ’ published in March, collaborative studies will run over the course of 2023 and 2024.

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Lack of Resources Weakening Stewardship Efforts

Chris Hall

APRIL 16, 2024

Panellists at ESG Investor ’s 2024 summit highlighted resourcing gaps in stewardship teams and recommended sharing of engagement responsibility. While one asset manager reported 5,312 engagement actions over a 12-month period, five others recorded 200 or fewer over the same period.

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TAI Takes Stewardship Data to Task

Chris Hall

MAY 20, 2024

If you look at stewardship codes across the world, they touch on resources as being a key element, but without explicitly giving out guidance on how organisations can report and which resources are required,” Jessica Gao, Director of Research at the TAI, told ESG Investor.

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Benchmark Study Takes Stewardship Data to Task

Chris Hall

MAY 20, 2024

If you look at stewardship codes across the world, they touch on resources as being a key element, but without explicitly giving out guidance on how organisations can report and which resources are required,” Jessica Gao, Director of Research at the TAI, told ESG Investor.

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FRC Stewardship Reframing Risks “Ambiguity”

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Proposed revision to stewardship definition seen as potentially weakening ambition and fostering distance between investment decisions and their impacts. A tweak to the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) definition of stewardship in a proposed update to the UK Stewardship Code has been received with alarm by asset owners and managers.

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Growth over Governance

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Simplified rules One area of work already completed is the Financial Conduct Authoritys (FCA) revision of the UK Listings Rules , which came into effect on 29 July, 2024. The proposals, published in July 2024, include reducing annual reporting requirements and offering greater clarity on stewardship outcomes.

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Shareholder Rights at the Crossroads

Chris Hall

JANUARY 8, 2025

Shareholder rights face a defining year after 2024 saw rising misalignment between institutional investors and asset managers, as well as growing regulatory constraints on the formers influence. 2024 was a bad year for shareholder rights, says Caroline Escott, Senior Investment Officer at UK pension scheme Railpen.

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