‘The industry needs to ask itself some tough questions’
Natalie Kenway speaks to Shiv Taneja, CEO of the Fund Boards Council, about assessments of value, diversity and industry culture
Boards
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Liontrust includes two women in ESG trust board line-up
Board members unveiled and expected timetable for Liontrust’s first investment company launch
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Fund boards not changing tack on performance in value assessments
More than half of independent NEDs admit there has been no significant changes to how they discuss performance
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How index investors can push for equality
Investors have welcomed an announcement from Nasdaq to ensure more diverse board members but will it accelerate the pace of change?
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A third of firms missed gender diversity deadlines or targets
The Women in Finance Charter’s fourth annual review finds 30% missed 2020 deadlines or fell behind on targets
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AJ Bell recruits two women to board but exec committee remains all men
Baroness Helena Morrissey to become chair in January 2022
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Rules of engagement: What constitutes best practice?
Tracking engagement aims, collaborating with other investors and robust reporting will be essential to improving stewardship and furthering ESG causes this year and beyond
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Q&A with Arisaig’s Rebecca Lewis: ‘There isn’t an option to stay silent on diversity anymore’
Managing director Rebecca Lewis explains she would rather see a company fail to meet a stretching target than no target at all
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DWS commits to climate neutrality
European investment manager DWS has also created an ESG advisory board
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Investors call on FTSE 100 firms to publish ethnic make-up of boards
Greater transparency is needed to allow investors to hold companies to account
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‘Immediate boardroom action’ needed to tackle climate change risks
ESG issues have shot up company agendas, but the majority struggling with the ‘scale of the challenge’
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Bloomberg launches proprietary ESG scoring
Initially covering 252 companies in the oil and gas sector