Comment: Money talks, and must be allowed to do so

Hannah Brenton on hazy stewardship boundaries

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Shareholders have been under pressure recently to step up their engagement with companies - so it comes as somewhat of a surprise to find the European Commission could limit stewardship activities.

Only last week, F&C director of the governance and sustainable investment team Karina Litvack told gathered journalists that investors would be increasingly called on to scrutinise companies’ activ...

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