21 January, 2019
Culture and intangibles top list of engagement concerns
It’s culture, stupid! Whichever way you look at the annual letters from two of the world’s biggest investment managers, it all comes down to a concern for corporate culture. Culture was either ...
26 October, 2018
BlackRock’s sustainable investment ambition
It was probably inevitable, but the fact that the world’s largest fund manager has thrown its weight behind sustainable investing really puts down a marker. [pull-left]“Sustainable investing wi...
23 May, 2018
Asset managers devise questions for “purpose-led” companies
A group of ten asset managers have formulated questions for boards to assess whether their businesses are “genuinely purpose-led”. Investors with assets worth $8trn, including BlackRock, Legal ...
18 May, 2018
Sustainable expectations: how the ESG investment agenda is shifting
It’s a perennial debate, but one that refuses to go away. Companies need to plan for the long term but are concerned that demands from investors create a short-term attitude that will drive focus aw...
19 March, 2018
BlackRock reveals more details on its engagement priorities
BlackRock, the world's largest investor, has attempted to put flesh on the bones of its CEO's statement in January about the topics it expects to prioritise for engagement this year. In a
17 January, 2018
Larry Fink: companies must make a ‘positive contribution’ to society
Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, has said companies must make a "positive contribution to society" and benefit all of their stakeholders. The views come ...
12 December, 2017
Exxon bows to shareholder demands and agrees climate change report
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8 September, 2017
China’s Communist Party occupies central governance role
The Communist Party in China has been disclosed as being at the core of governance in more than 30 state-owned companies registered on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, rather than the Chinese state, acco...
22 May, 2017
