Chris Hall
MAY 10, 2024
Three years earlier, Rathbones had signed up to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), which he had helped develop. As part of that, we looked at the stewardship area and concluded we should be doing more of it.” There is almost an industrial machinery around stewardship reporting.”
Chris Hall
MAY 9, 2023
The review factored in the implications of UK market abuse regulations and developments in competition law in major jurisdictions. Manning said the TPT’s guidance would provide support and input for investors’ sustainability-related stewardship activities. “If
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Chris Hall
MARCH 13, 2023
But far fewer (13%) are disclosing the impacts of all their portfolios on people and planet, with around half reporting a commitment to divest or reduce holdings or refuse to purchase new debt from “problematic companies”.
Chris Hall
MARCH 10, 2022
All surveyed schemes, collectively representing £150 billion AUM, said they were targeting UN Sustainable Development Goals relating to climate action. According to recent study of 650 UK occupational pension funds by investment consultants Mercer, only 35% of schemes conduct a stewardship assessment of investment managers at least annually.
Chris Hall
JULY 4, 2023
“There’s been a lot of grumbling from investment managers about vote reporting requests from pension funds in particular,” he said. Samantha Chew, Stewardship Lead at Aegon UK, which is unable to consider divestment of its largely passively-managed portfolio, said poor transparency and timeliness of vote reporting were two longstanding barriers (..)
Chris Hall
JULY 6, 2022
Stewardship is widely considered one of the most effective tools in an asset owner’s toolbox to ensure companies are prioritising ESG-related issues, such as mitigating the effects of climate change. . “ The DWP pointed to the IIGCC’s Net Zero Stewardship Toolkit as a useful resource.
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 7, 2022
While this tells the story of a dynamic and maturing market, professionals are finding it difficult to stay informed of developments. If divesting from harmful industries, communicate this publicly. The evidence here is clear: collaboration should play a central role in investors’ stewardship practices. No man is an island”.
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