Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Shaking up existing stewardship practices can take time, especially when the current approach is so deeply embedded. Many countries in Asia already have stewardship codes in place, including Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea. Koreas value-up programme is inspired by a similar initiative in Japan.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2024

Laith Cahill, Senior Net Zero Stewardship Specialist at the IIGCC, says the UK’s streamlined Stewardship Code must preserve its ambition. Since its last update in 2019, the landscape for stewardship and reporting has evolved drastically. Investor needs have changed, as have regulatory obligations.

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Chris Hall

MAY 10, 2024

In 2015, the group also submitted its first application to the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) UK Stewardship Code. “An An approved Stewardship Code status is basically a baseline entry to pitch for institutional business around responsible investment,” Crossman explained.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The concept of assessing what effective stewardship should look like was first introduced by the FCA in 2019 in a joint effort with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), setting the groundwork which helped define what the minimum expectations should be for financial services firms investing on behalf of clients and beneficiaries.

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

DP23/1, released in February, focused on the capabilities needed by FCA-regulated firms to support both economy-wide transition to net zero and sustainable business models more broadly. We want to continue to engage actively on these topics.”

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) was introduced in 2019 to impose tougher disclosure requirements, with the aim of giving investors greater insight into the sustainability-related impact of their investments. Has your asset manager published a UK Stewardship Code statement?

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

In the final quarter of 2023, the FRC – working with the FCA, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and The Pensions Regulator – will review the regulatory framework for effective stewardship, including the operation of the Stewardship Code.

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