Corporate governance
In-depth reporting on corporate governance and its impact on investments for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsBumper month for EU sustainability policy ends with Transition Benchmark proposal
Platform on Sustainable Finance proposes two new Investing for Transition Benchmarks
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NewsSwiss pension funds association updates ESG reporting standards
ASIP updates standards to strengthen qualitative reporting, especially for stewardship
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NewsUK receives official advice on national sustainability reporting standards
Sustainability Disclosure Technical Advisory Committee suggests removing restrictions on which sectoral categories investors and banks can use to report emissions
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NewsIOSCO launches GEMC sustainability reporting network
Emmanuel Faber, chair of the ISSB, says this progress is important to all jurisdictions because multinational companies will stand to benefit from availability of comparable data and disclosures
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NewsPRI rules out EMs for next phase of sovereign climate engagement project
An announcement on which additional jurisdictions will be added to the initiative is expected to be made in January 2025
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NewsBlackRock equity funds didn’t vote on US companies for almost 10 years
BlackRock ‘immediately notified affected clients, apologised and rectified the issue’, the firm said
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InterviewsUKSIF chief sees hope for further traction of UK anti-greenwashing measures
James Alexander, CEO of UKSIF, expects more asset managers to get authorisation for sustainable investment labels in 2025
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: Environment Agency Pension Fund develops new RI policy
Plus: Aviva is fined for breaching SFDR; Swiss and Dutch schemes are more resilient to disruptive climate policies
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NewsRailpen strengthens engagement and voting commitments for 2025
Railpen has strengthened voting policy on issues such as shareholder protection and audit quality for 2025 AGM season
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NewsReputational disaster or ‘badge of honour’? Fund managers split over Aviva’s SFDR fine
Asset manager is first to face enforcement under the rules, but peers are divided on what it means
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NewsIPE Conference: CPEG in talks with managers exiting CA100+
CPEG is asking asset managers to provide an explanation for their departures from the climate engagement group
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NewsSwiss asset managers urge companies to pursue sound transition plans
Lombard Odier, Pictet, UBS, Zürcher Kantonalbank, and Baloise back AMAS letter to help guide engagement between asset managers and investee companies
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NewsChallenges remain as UK schemes see net zero targets hindered
Lack of high-quality data and uncertainty around government policy are cited as major barriers among pension funds
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NewsAsset owners urged to cut exposure to firms with no Scope 3 target, says NZAOA
Report advises asset owners to take a series of immediate steps to ‘make meaningful progress, while driving public discourse and pushing for regulatory change’
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NewsEU Taxonomy costs hit ‘several million pounds’ for some FIs, finds government research
Financial institutions are more likely than real-economy companies to have already updated their data systems to account for the taxonomy
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NewsOECD calls for strong action to make pension systems more inclusive
Overall pension assets in OECD countries grew by 10% in 2023, reaching over $56trn
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Opinion PiecesFuture of ESG investing in doubt following decisive Trump victory
In the past two years, an anti-ESG backlash has grown strong roots on the American right.
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Special ReportClass actions & investor litigation: Getting the priorities right in pursuit of better corporate behaviour
Greater investor activism and a wave of recent financial scandals has encouraged many European pension funds to become more active.
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Special ReportLead plaintiff: Control, influence and accountability
Institutional investors are not known, historically, for being active investors, preferring instead to allow their long-term investment horizons to ride out any short-term blips.
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NewsEthos sets stricter voting conditions on corporate governance
The situation in terms of diversity on the board of directors of Swiss companies is ‘worrying’, says foundation
