Investor Relations
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INSIGHT: Investor relations, 3 August, 2023
AGMs: Will changes to pre-emptive rights mean changes in votes?
New FRC guidance may affect how investors vote at UK AGMs, so boards should look to build shareholder trust by using their new powers wisely.
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NEWS: Climate risk reporting, 27 July, 2023
Companies struggle with climate risk reporting
There is a need for firms to make ‘clearer, more decision-useful disclosures’, says the Financial Reporting Council.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NEWS: ESG, 30 May, 2023
‘Change fiduciary laws’ to end ESG battle in US
Academics suggest a truce between left and right, based on separating political issues from investment decisions.
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COMMENT: Governance, 30 May, 2023
Hybrid AGMs maximise shareholder participation
Avoid virtual-only annual general meetings: although pragmatic in an emergency, they water down shareholders’ rights.
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NEWS: Shareholder revolts, 17 May, 2023
Executive pay revolts are on course to echo 2022
Investors’ dissent is predicted to remain high for this year’s AGM season, according to the register of shareholder revolts.
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COMMENT: ESG, 15 May, 2023
ESG: Should E and S break up with G?
In the world of investing, maturity has revealed significant practical shortcomings in combining environmental, social and governance.
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NEWS: Governance, 10 May, 2023
Governance ‘fails with superstar CEOs’
Beware the rise of chief executives who are accorded special privileges and apparently can do no wrong, research warns.
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NEWS: ESG reporting, 4 May, 2023
Research casts doubt on the S in ESG
Many scandal-hit companies were found to have previously presented high ‘social’ performance measures, study shows.
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NEWS: Investor relations, 3 May, 2023
Investors balk at S&P dual-class shares decision
Representatives of US pension funds are ‘disappointed’ that dual-class structures have been allowed to return to S&P Global Indices.
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INSIGHT: Board expertise, 2 May, 2023
What happens in an administration sale?
Boards and creditors need to know the ins and outs of insolvency and what happens before, during and after an administration sale.