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Manifest Research Manager Alan Brett highlights some of the key issues raised in a recent Manifest report “Say on Pay a Global Perspective”. With the volatility and uncertainty surrounding equities as an asset class worldwide, there has been an increased focus on executive pay, particularly where it has been apparent that the …… continue reading >> Understanding corporate risk has shot to the top of the agenda for ESG-focussed investors in recent months. Under the newly expanded Section C of The UK Corporate Governance Code, boards are explicitly tasked with being responsible for “determining the nature and extent of the significant risks [the board] is willing to take …… continue reading >> Responsible investment charity FairPensions has published the first comprehensive analysis of the UK’s leading asset managers’ approach to the Stewardship Code. Despite “encouraging signs of improvement”, FairPensions’ research reveals that 41% of the asset managers fail to publicly disclose information relating to their engagement activities and just 31% provide detailed explanations …… continue reading >> The last couple of years have clearly been times of great opportunity for the promotion of responsible investment in general, and the Eurosif 2010 survey figures show a significant uptick in European SRI assets under management, now at €5 trilllion The survey, presented at a joint event hosted by CA Cheuvreux and UKSIF, also …… continue reading >> Gender Diversity in the US Boardroom Female representation on U.S. corporate boards has not changed significantly over the last 10 years. Women make up just 12.7% of directorships in the S&P 1500 (based on board composition as of the 2010 annual meeting). The statistic is marginally better for the S&P 500 …… continue reading >> Allie Monaco, Research Manager of Manifest’s US partners, Proxy Governance takes a look at the hot issues of the US proxy for the coming two weeks: …… continue reading >> Insitutional investors can shape the governance debate more effectively by integrating ownership into their mainstream investment activiites according to a new position paper published by Eumedion, the Dutch shareholders group. As the paper points out, the focus around the publication of the Dutch Corporate Governance Code in 2003 was on reinforcing the …… continue reading >> London based investor relations advisor HQB Partners has released its 2010 pre-season survey of corporate governance teams at 23 leading institutional investors in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. In all the respondents manage assets in excess of US$ 11.1 trillion. According to the survey, three issues were identified …… continue reading >> |
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