Chris Hall

JULY 19, 2024

Best practice As a Financial Conduct Authority-regulated asset manager, LPPI has maintained its UK Stewardship Code signatory status for the past three years. Deakin is a strong advocate of the code. Importantly, the 2020 code’s definition of stewardship is broader than the traditional concept of engagement. “It

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Enhanced resourcing Maanch’s Engagement Tracker platform was launched in June 2022, initially developed in collaboration with Swiss private bank UBP to trace the impact of engagements over time and monitor escalations that can support investment decision-making. The code currently counts 289 signatories, collectively accounting for £50.3

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Chris Hall

MARCH 1, 2024

The Nature Restoration Law (NRL) was passed by the European Parliament on Tuesday , but recent legislative developments suggest formal adoption by member states via the European Council is far from certain. Done deal? – Evolution or revolution?

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2023

There is also growing demand for education for stewardship professionals, with asset owners and managers looking to develop their in-house stewardship programmes to actively engage with investee firms to drive sustainable outcomes and long-term returns on investment.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016. These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. Significant progress.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 13, 2023

Despite strong progress by asset managers on stewardship since 2020, voting data disclosure and new policies “are not being matched by real-world action”, reports ShareAction. Regarding stewardship, ShareAction found high levels of transparency across voting and engagement, but noted gaps in key areas.

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Chris Hall

MAY 9, 2023

The review factored in the implications of UK market abuse regulations and developments in competition law in major jurisdictions. Earlier this year, the Investor Forum updated its Collective Engagement Framework to take account of “evolving practice” in the dialogue between investors and firms on ESG themes.

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Chris Hall

JULY 7, 2022

The introduction of a toughened code has led to improved governance and resourcing of stewardship by UK-based asset managers and owners, but investment in the area faces ongoing challenges, including tensions with other staff. .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Financial Conduct Authority’s decision to halt the development of an effectiveness metric undermines systemic stewardship, says Gustave Loriot-Boserup, Founder of Compass Insights. Following this work, the UK Stewardship Code 2020, which we still use today, was published.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

Stewardship is widely considered one of the most effective tools in an asset owner’s toolbox to ensure companies are prioritising ESG-related issues, such as mitigating the effects of climate change. . “ The DWP pointed to the IIGCC’s Net Zero Stewardship Toolkit as a useful resource.

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Chris Hall

JULY 17, 2024

Motivated to reinvigorate the market, the UK government gambled on updating the country’s listings regime, launching a review chaired by Lord Hill in 2020. The market has logged some notable exits, too, including Paddy Power’s owner Flutter, which shifted its main stock market listing to New York in May.

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2023

While 88% of asset managers disclosed their votes publicly (up from 55% in 2020), 42% failed to publish their rationale for votes against shareholder resolutions, the report said. Transparency is improving, but slowly.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 18, 2023

The new guide highlighted that participation in collaborative stewardship initiatives increased from 68% in 2017 to 83% in 2020, with asset owners “particularly driving the change”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 18, 2022

In terms of drivers of geographic distinctions, he cited the recently strengthened UK Stewardship Code as one reason why European firms generally outperformed their US counterparts on clarity of voting policy. Digging into the data. It remains to be seen what will happen in the coming proxy year.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 29, 2022

Some of the larger US charitable foundations have already declared deep commitments to targets related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, such as the eradication of poverty and promotion of equality. It has its origins in 1992’s Cadbury report and code, which covers the financial aspects of corporate governance.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In particular, it indicated that it was likely to rule against Shell – or anyone else for that matter – developing new oil or gas fields for which there is no carbon budget. But it was the energy transition’s impact on mineral-rich developing countries that was in focus for some at COP29. “We

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2023

Australia is forecast to earn US$302 billion from resource and energy exports, reports Energy Monitor. She says ASFI will be learning from what other countries have done on “what to do and what not to do”.

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