All Shareholder Rights Directive articles
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AnalysisTowards harmonisation on shareholder rights
Could amendments to the EU’s Shareholder Rights Directive help fix Europe’s splintered voting rules?
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LGPS pool makes early stewardship code reporting move
Brunel Pension Partnership publishes first annual report responsible investment and stewardship outcomes report
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NewsUK Law Commission calls for input on pooled fund voting laws
The Law Commission was asked by the UK government to carry out a study about the system of ‘intermediated securities’
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SEC highlights proxy voting rules, guidance amid ESG debate
SEC provides guidance to fund managers about proxy voting responsibilities and to proxy advisory firms about anti-fraud rules
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NewsProxy adviser group revises best practice principles
Code of practice updated to introduce new governance, monitoring and reporting structures for proxy advisory companies
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ESMA consults on short-termism in financial markets
Answers to questionnaire will inform watchdog’s report to the European Commission and feed into sustainable finance work
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FCA urged to investigate fund manager voting policy ‘market failure’ [updated]
Pensions minister tells ‘obstructive’ fund managers to shape up on corporate governance after trustee association files official complaint with UK regulator
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Frankfurt-based index provider Solactive backs UK proxy voting firm
Solactive has made a ‘significant strategic’ investment in Minerva Analytics, which was founded after a management buyout of Manifest
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EU shareholder rights directive ‘could fail’: Hermes
Manager concerned by low levels of awareness and preparedness for revised Shareholder Rights Directive
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NewsAll change for stewardship agenda as FRC reveals draft new code
Draft 2019 code raises the bar for what is expected of signatories
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NewsEFAMA adopts stewardship code to align with EU laws
Plus: SSGA reports Germany ‘weakest for corporate board accountability’
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NewsUK ‘could ignore’ European share-ownership rules
Timing of Shareholder Rights Directive clashes with Brexit timetable
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NewsEU negotiators reach agreement on revised Shareholder Rights Directive
Agreement comes after ‘protracted’ negotiations after proposal from Commission in April 2014
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Eurosif concerned over tax amendments to Shareholder Rights Directive
Association argues country-by-country reporting should be included in own regulation, not 2014 Directive
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NewsMEPs water down binding vote on pay in Shareholder Rights Directive
Parliamentarians allow countries to decide whether to use binding vote on pay, or make vote advisory-only
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Brussels keen to expedite revised Shareholders Rights Directive
Top civil servant expects ‘obstacles’ for European Commission proposals on related-party transactions
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Shareholder Rights Directive could have 'unintended consequences'
PensionsEurope rejects notion that proposals to disclose terms of fund management agreements will encourage long-term investment
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Brussels to 'limit' prescription in Shareholder Rights Directive
Head of corporate governance says European Commission looking to balance principles-based guidance and prescriptive regulation
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Commission unveils binding vote on pay in Shareholder Rights Directive
Draft of new Directive also suggests introduction of ‘comply or explain’ corporate governance code
