Investor Relations

NEWS: Resilience reporting, 21 July, 2023

Government reveals resilience disclosure rules

The detail of the new regulations has been fleshed out—and could catch many more companies than expected.



NEWS: Overboarding, 18 July, 2023

Investors concerned about ‘overboarding’ in financial services

Almost all believe that directors who sit on numerous boards will find it a challenge to ‘govern effectively’, research finds.



INSIGHT: ESG investment, 11 July, 2023

ESG: a new dawn for investment strategies?

The patient capital contained in sovereign wealth funds and state capital could have a pivotal role in the ‘S’ of ESG.



NEWS: investor engagement, 3 July, 2023

Campaigners challenge M&S over virtual-only AGMs

M&S chair Archie Norman’s Share Your Voice petition would ‘restrict shareholders’ ability to engage’, says The Engagement Appeal.



NEWS: ESG investment, 28 June, 2023

Fink: the term ESG has been ‘weaponised’

But investment giant BlackRock’s chief executive said its focus on long-term investment and corporate governance would continue.



NEWS: Governance, 22 June, 2023

Losing approval rule ‘risks disenfranchising public shareholders’

Reforms to relax dual-class share rules will make it even more important to retain a ‘buttress’ of shareholder approval, writes academic.



NEWS: Proxy advisers, 16 June, 2023

Proxy advisers hold less sway over AGM votes than thought

But shareholder revolts are more likely when both ISS and Glass Lewis make the same voting recommendation, finds FRC research.



NEWS: ESG, 15 June, 2023

ISS strikes back at ESG critics

The global proxy advisory firm takes to task politicians who would block the use of ESG factors when making investment decisions.



NEWS: ESG reporting, 14 June, 2023

US corporates mention ESG less than they did last year

As political debates on ESG issues get more heated in the US, companies are cooling their talk on the topic, research shows.



NEWS: Investor activism, 31 May, 2023

Norges Bank leads investor voting against Exxon and Chevron

The fund seeks to push the companies into speeding up their climate transition plans and acting to cut greenhouse gas emissions.