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

MARCH 4, 2024

A review of the UK Stewardship Code 2020 should prompt evolution rather than revolution, according to industry experts, who want to see refinement aimed at further improving outcomes. The post UK Stewardship Code to Benefit from Fine-tuning appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

Proposals to bolster sustainable finance in Europe include recommendations for a new region-wide stewardship code. This week the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) laid out its long-term vision for Europe’s Sustainable Finance Framework.

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Chris Hall

JULY 5, 2024

Story time – The halfway point of the calendar year brings forth a stream of impact and sustainability reports from asset managers and owners, particularly in the UK, as signatories also comply with their obligations under the Stewardship Code. Sounds familiar? That’s because it is.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. 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.

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