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A stewardship code for the EU?

Environmental Finance

Regulation will boost fund naming consistency and disclosures but more work is needed to ensure EU rules impact the real economy, speakers told a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance. Michael Hurley reports

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Stewardship and Governance “Two Sides of the Same Coin” – FRC

Chris Hall

UK r egulator aims to address gaps in collaborative engagement in upcoming review of the Stewardship Code. We must avoid well-intentioned but meaningless disclosure and focus on what’s important.

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A Step Forward for Stewardship

Chris Hall

“Asset owners in Germany and Belgium were basically following the asset managers’ lead on stewardship, as there is not much pressure applied on them to exert influence,” he said. “It The code is voluntary, but many institutional investors have signed up to it as a way of demonstrating their commitment to responsible investment.

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Japan’s GPIF Studying Stewardship Impact

Chris Hall

As a signatory of Japan’s Stewardship Code since 2014, GPIF is committed to upholding its eight principles in its engagement activities.

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Engagement is More Than “Criticising Companies” – Schroders  

Chris Hall

The Stewardship Code says a measure of your engagement quality is case studies. Lewis said research is planned on the impact or correlation of its engagement on companies’ climate policies and transition plans. “The series will look at how we can measure our engagement in different ways. That is one way.

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Stewardship Dialogue Must be Ongoing – FCA

Chris Hall

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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Will Fiduciary Fog Clear for Trustees?

Chris Hall

I assume that the aim of the latest review is to examine ongoing issues around fiduciary duty, especially in the context of the revised UK Stewardship Code 2020, to see what obstacles (real or perceived) remain.” The paper notes that the UK Stewardship Code is “guidance and not a legal obligation”.