Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

Areas to be covered include the effectiveness of the FRC’s Stewardship Code in creating a market for stewardship, interaction between the code and existing stewardship-related rules in the FCA Handbook , and stewardship-related issues raised in the UK government’s updated Green Finance Strategy , released in March.

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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”.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 10, 2022

Trustees should exert their influence over asset managers and investee companies to ensure they are “walking the walk” in terms of adapting their business models to net zero objectives, she said, including encouraging managers to sign up to the UK Stewardship Code.

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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 (..)

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

Trustees can consult the UK Stewardship Code to monitor investment managers’ stewardship progress, as well as the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association’s (PLSA) Vote Reporting Template and the Association of Member Nominated Trustees’ (AMNT) Red Lines Voting Initiative , the DWP said. .

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

If divesting from harmful industries, communicate this publicly. The evidence here is clear: collaboration should play a central role in investors’ stewardship practices. Vote shares and engage with investees and screen holdings on transparent ESG criteria. Collaboration as an enabler.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

A recent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) discussion paper asked for feedback on possible regulatory change needed to support collaborative engagement and systemic stewardship, while the Financial Reporting Council is due to lead a review of its Stewardship Code. Also speaking at the Stewardship Summit, Mark Manning , Strategic Policy Advisor on (..)

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