Stewardship Insights: Scrutiny on asset managers’ engagement is evolving
JPMAM’s Yo Takatsuki discusses the firm’s engagement around electrification and the increasing interest in voting practices
Stewardship
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How to build an effective stewardship programme
After the FCA’s recent comment that stewardship activities do not meet expectations, Quilter Cheviot’s Gemma Woodward gives firms some pointers
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Stewardship Insights: Developing an escalation approach
abrdn’s Andrew Mason shares how the firm sets clear milestones for firms and monitors their progress in this new series
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Investment managers are still over-promising and under-delivering on ESG
Paul Lee says clients have ditched funds as a result of Redington’s assessment of the manager’s stewardship capabilities
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Japan soars and Hong Kong falls in governance rankings
Japan soars up the rankings and Hong Kong plummets in the Asian Corporate Governance Association’s biennial survey
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Green Dream with Victory Hill’s Fraser-Smith: Investors don’t ask enough questions
Eleanor Fraser Smith says she’s frustrated by the lack of questions on impact and stewardship
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ShareAction: Asset managers’ use of escalation in engagement is ‘ineffective’
Has proposed a framework for more efficient use of escalation tools
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Evenlode bolsters stewardship team with analyst hire
Lily Postlethwaite joins after five years at Whitley Asset Management
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LGT WM promotes Archer to global stewardship role
Strategic input on the company’s net-zero, biodiversity and human rights work
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FCA releases Sustainability Disclosure Requirements
Long-awaited SDR includes changes such as a fourth fund label, and less prescriptive stewardship and disclosure rules
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Hiring slows for engagement roles at asset managers
Yet some teams have never been busier, according to Redington survey
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FCA finds ESG funds ‘not meeting expectations’
Ahead of SDR the UK regulator spotlights ESG inconsistency, and lack of stewardship and governance, in retail funds