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Hedge fund firms expect to increase the amount they invest based on ESG factors next year, according to Iowa-based BarclayHedge. Fifty...Read more
Shareholders in listed companies on global stock markets have been rewarded with more than $500 billion in dividends during the second...Read more
The Business Roundtable signaled a major shift in corporate thinking this week by stating that the purpose of a corporation should be...Read more
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The World Economic Forum in a new report is calling for investors to press companies to prioritize cyber-security – and is proposing a...Read more
Leading proxy advisers have agreed to a series of updated principles and oversight from a new committee. Glass Lewis CEO KT Rabin...Read more
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State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has developed a system for scoring companies on ESG practices that aims to help boost the ESG...Read more
May 2019
The SEC has given the go-ahead for a new US exchange – the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE). Designed for high-growth tech companies...Read more
Amid the growing influence of ESG in the investment arena, new research suggests that almost two thirds of institutional investors...Read more
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has expanded its Investor Advisory Group (IAG), a collection of leading asset...Read more
The OECD, World Bank and UN Environment Program have joined together to call for placing sustainable finance at the center of an...Read more
April 2019
BlackRock has warned that investors are underpricing the impact of climate-related risks and need to rethink their assessment of asset...Read more
January 2019
The key activist trends of 2018 centered around M&A activity, ESG issues and activist director nominations, according to a leading...Read more
Twelve investor and shareholder advocacy groups have called for BlackRock to improve its efforts on climate-related shareholder...Read more
August 2018
Investors and finance experts have put pressure on the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) – the...Read more
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Why were the 185 signatories placed on a watch list? These investors have failed to meet the minimum standards for responsible...Read more
The 2018 proxy season saw shareholder proposals focus more on shareholder rights than ever before, but with less success than in past...Read more
June 2018
Hedge funds globally have allocated at least $59 billion to responsible investing, according to a survey by the Alternative Investment...Read more
February 2018
Twenty-seven global investors with a total of £10.5 trillion ($14.5 trillion) in assets under management have signed up to a program...Read more
December 2017
Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) report that a large number of factual errors are being made in proxy...Read more
November 2017
A recent SEC staff release ahead of the looming 2018 proxy season expresses the view that the board of directors is generally in a...Read more
Hong Kong-based shareholder activist David Webb has warned that proposals issued by the special administrative region’s stock market...Read more
October 2017
Compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code has increased among large companies, but governance and reporting remain patchy,...Read more
New Zealand’s Contact Energy has been awarded the top rank in the Thomson Reuters’ 2017 global Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)...Read more
A growing number of large UK-listed companies are meeting with corporate governance and stewardship teams to expand their...Read more
The Sisters of St Francis of Philadelphia, known for their work with the poor and elderly and giving a voice to those who usually go...Read more
September 2017
A sea change in shareholder activism across Asia has seen the number of companies publicly targeted more than double between 2013 and...Read more
June 2017
Asian women are overwhelmingly under-represented on corporate boards despite attempts to improve boardroom gender diversity, according...Read more
March 2017
Investment manager State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is to send letters promoting gender diversity to the companies it invests in...Read more
February 2017
North American companies have the highest level of domestic investment of firms in any geographic region, with an average of 87...Read more
Campaigners for more effective corporate governance have received a major endorsement with the world’s three largest asset managers...Read more
January 2017
Proxy access has been one of the big success stories in terms of the advancement of shareholder rights over the course of the 2015 and...Read more
BlackRock has called for UK companies it invests in to rein in remuneration or face shareholder rebellion. The US fund manager, which...Read more
December 2016
Corporate Secretary sister publication IR Magazine reports that, according to research by data provider Activist Insight, the number...Read more
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Amendments to the Dutch Corporate Governance Code for listed companies include a clause requiring firms to publish the size of the pay...Read more
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