Government rejects Law Commission's advice on fiduciary duty

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The government has rejected the Law Commission's advice to clarify how trustees can consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and ethical concerns in their investment decisions.

The commission’s report ‘Fiduciary Duties of Investment Intermediaries’, published in 2014, found that trustees should take into account factors that were “financially material to the performance o...

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