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Maria Ward-Brennan
Investors allocating more of portfolios to ESG investment
Investors are allocating a higher portion of their portfolios to ESG-oriented investments, according to a survey by BNP Paribas. Almost half of investors (47 percent) say ESG will be central to almost everything...Read more
Garnet Roach
Investors turn bearish, with growth prospects at lowest level since April 2020
Just 13 percent of respondents to the September fund manager survey from Bank of America (BofA) expect a stronger economy in the coming months. The figure marks the lowest point since April 2020...Read more
Maria Ward-Brennan
FRC publishes signatories to new UK Stewardship Code
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced details of the 125 successful signatories – representing £20 tn ($28 tn) in assets under management – to its new UK Stewardship Code. Following a review...Read more

Case studies

Tim Human
CFOs bemoan supply chain disruption
Supply chain disruption has caused a notable rise in costs and further negative impacts are expected during the rest of the year, according to a survey of mainly US-based CFOs by Deloitte. In...Read more
Garnet Roach
Just 13 FTSE 100 firms report ethnicity pay gap
Just 13 companies in the FTSE 100 have published figures on their ethnicity pay gap, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which is calling for mandatory...Read more
Tim Human
Companies with strong corporate purpose outperform on financial and valuation metrics, finds study
One of the challenges of stakeholder capitalism – where companies work in the interests of all stakeholders, not just shareholders – is how to balance the needs of different groups. For example, decisions...Read more
Maria Ward-Brennan
Long-Term Stock Exchange has first listings after 2019 launch
One of the newest US stock exchanges, the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), has today officially listed its first two companies. The listings went live at a virtual opening ceremony held for the employees...Read more

Activism

Garnet Roach
The week in investor relations: Box in fight with Starboard Value, call to end fossil fuel listings in London and SEC probes asset manager over ESG claims
­– Reuters reported that ISS-backed cloud storage vendor Box in its fight with activist investor Starboard Value by recommending that shareholders vote for the company’s directors instead of the hedge fund firm’s nominees...Read more
Tim Human
New investor campaign targets 50 food companies over emissions reductions
A new investor campaign has called on North American food companies to take stronger action over climate change as the buy-side focus on reducing emissions shifts beyond the oil and gas sector. The...Read more
Ben Ashwell
Shareholder activism down at half year mark
The number of companies targeted by an activist during the first half of the year was at its lowest level in more than six years, according to Insightia’s half-year shareholder activism review ...Read more
Melissa Paschall
Comment: Getting your board ready for ESG shareholder activism
Oil majors received stunning climate mandates from their shareholders during the 2021 proxy season, including a historic vote to replace three ExxonMobil board members with individuals from an alternative slate nominated by activist...Read more

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