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  • The 2024 AGM season showed us the power of a vote

    18 September 2024

    Dual-class share structures skew voting outcomes and insulate company management from the views of independent shareholders and the discipline of the market, writes Caroline Escott

  • Investors voice 'deep concern' at UK listing rule change that removes voting rights

    11 July 2024

    Investors have voiced "deep concern" at changes to UK listing rules they say threaten the country's position as a leading light on corporate governance and will not deliver the benefits that are claimed.

  • People Moves, 5 April: Brunel Pensions, Railpen, Actis, EFRAG, TNFD and more

    05 April 2024

  • UK presses ahead with listing reform, despite investors' corporate governance warnings

    20 December 2023

    Fresh proposals to overhaul UK listing rules show "little sign that widely held and clearly communicated investor concerns about weakening corporate governance standards have been taken into account," one of the country's largest pension funds has warned.

  • Ditching governance reforms 'will diminish attractiveness of UK companies', warns pension fund

    10 November 2023

    The UK regulator's move to ditch reforms to require more sustainability reporting by company board and audit committees will make UK companies less attractive to investors, a senior executive at one of the country's largest pension funds has said.

  • Railpen welcomes proposed tightening of UK Corporate Governance Code

    25 May 2023

    Pension fund Railpen has welcomed potential changes to the UK Corporate Governance Code to bolster the role of sustainability and ESG reporting in the responsibilities of company board and audit committees.

  • $1trn equal voting initiative welcomes FCA dual-share restrictions

    29 July 2022

    The $1 trillion Investor Coalition for Equal Votes (ICEV) has welcomed UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) proposals which maintain restrictions on dual-class share structures (DCSS) ...

  • $1trn asset owner group launches equal voting campaign

    13 June 2022

  • RPMI Railpen joins partnership exploring best workforce metrics for listed firms

    15 June 2021

    £32 billion ($45 billion) pension fund RPMI Railpen has joined the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)...

  • People Moves, 10 July: BT Pension; Mirova; JPMorgan; RPMI Railpen; Aegon; Gresham House

    10 July 2020