UK Stewardship Code will boost institutional activism

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The UK Stewardship Code will increase collective engagement by pension funds and give institutional investors more oversight in the boardroom, say Legal & General Investment Management.

The asset manager said professional bodies such as the Association of British Insurers and the National Association of Pension Funds will be strengthened by the principles of the code - which calls...

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