Stewardship Code

Wolfgang Kuhn says pension funds must considered the real-world impacts of their investments

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is consulting on a new stewardship code that sets higher expectations for investor stewardship policy and practice.

Jonathan Stapleton wonders whether we need a thorough review of the principles for institutional investment decision-making

This week we want to know if the government should allow troubled DB sponsors to suspend any pension increases for a short time until they get back on track.

The proportion of pension funds that say stewardship is regularly discussed at trustee meetings has risen to 37%, according to a Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) survey.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has made Tim Gosling policy lead for defined contribution (DC) and Luke Hildyard policy lead for stewardship and corporate governance.

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.

PP looks at whether engagement was successful in tackling concerns in four large firms including GSK and AstraZeneca

The proportion of asset managers reporting to clients on their stewardship and voting activities fell last year, according to the Investment Association.

Some asset managers are failing to use their voting rights to properly steward pension assets and are not being sufficiently transparent, according to a report by ShareAction.