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The Key to Effective Stewardship

Chris Hall

The investment environment is also highly intermediated, with multiple layers of intermediaries to navigate including advisors, asset managers, data, research and analytics providers – as well as investee companies themselves. Deakin is a strong advocate of the code. LPPI, for example, is responsible for £26.3

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All About the Outcomes

Chris Hall

F irms like rezonanz , launched earlier this year, aim to provide improved voting and engagement analytics for asset owners to bolster their stewardship efforts and improve visibility of asset managers’ activities. The group plans to introduce an engagement tracker by the end of Q2.

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UK Code Sparks Overhaul of Stewardship Governance

Chris Hall

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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Voting Policies Offering Asset Owners Closer Scrutiny

Chris Hall

However, the funds, data and analytics provider also found that asset managers are being increasingly transparent in advance of voting, through stewardship reports, more granular policy statements and more specific voting guidance.

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Bridging Asia’s ESG Information Gap

Chris Hall

Last year, management consultant Opimas said, more than US$720 million was spent on ESG research and analytics, and more than US$300 million on indexes. . The ESG data market passed US$1 billion in 2021 (with a degree of fanfare) and forecasts suggest it will keep growing at between 20-30% a year.

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FRC Stewardship Reframing Risks “Ambiguity”

Chris Hall

Proposed revision to stewardship definition seen as potentially weakening ambition and fostering distance between investment decisions and their impacts. A tweak to the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) definition of stewardship in a proposed update to the UK Stewardship Code has been received with alarm by asset owners and managers.