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Japan Financial Services Agency - Stewardship Code : 299 Institutional Investors Have Signed Up To The Principles For Responsible Institutional Investors As Of February 28, 2021 Date 07/04/2021 The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics) published the Principles for Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code, hereinafter referred to as "the Code") o...

SEBI asks institutional investors to follow ‘transparent’ Stewardship Code PTI New Delhi | Updated on April 06, 2021 × To further improve transparency, SEBI has mandated mutual funds to cast votes compulsorily on company resolutions related to some specified matters Capital markets regulator SEBI on Tuesday asked institutional investors like banks, insurance companies and pension funds to follow the ‘transparent’ Stewardship Code in order to be truly accountable to their clients and be...

Reuters Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday asked listed companies to work towards splitting the roles of chairman and managing director before the April 2022 deadline, as the new directive is not aimed at weakening the position of promoters. Listed entities were initially required to separate the roles of chairperson and MD/CEO from April 1, 2020 onwards. However, based on industry representations, an additional time period of two years was given for compliance. The regulation will now b...

As sustainable investing becomes mainstream, where are the opportunities?  Published 2 months ago New whitepaper from CAMRADATA Although Covid-19 brought the world to a standstill, and the initial shock led to fears around the progress of sustainable investing, sustainable funds hit a record high of $1.25 trillion (as of the end of Sept 2020), with Europe passing the $1 trillion milestone, according to Morningstar data[i]. CAMRADATA’s latest whitepaper on ‘Sustainable Investing’ seeks ...

By Gill WadsworthMarch 2021 (Magazine) A disruptive new service allows institutional investors in pooled funds to express their stewardship preferences. Will others follow suit? Fund managers probably know better than most that no industry is immune from disruption. Few, if any, stockpickers today would invest in diesel cars over electric vehicles. Yet when it comes to capitalising on some changes to their own sector, they have been slower to react. They have proven especially lacklustre in ...

  I am pleased to present the Annual Report and audited accounts for Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust PLC (the Company, or JEFIT) for the year ended 30 September 2020.   The year under review has been an exceptionally challenging period in all investment markets and there is no disguising the fact that JEFITs performance has been disappointing. When Covid-19 was recognised as a pandemic in the early months of 2020 little was known about its consequences but, as...

We believe the reasoning behind the drive is threefold.