Corporate governance
In-depth reporting on corporate governance and its impact on investments for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsPensions UK revises voting guidelines to strengthen expectations
Three themes emerged as having particular relevance for 2026: capital issuance, nature and biodiversity, and cyber risk governance
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NewsNew study calls for current DEI practices to shift towards performance-driven model
Professor Alex Edmans urges investors to abandon box-ticking DEI and adopt a performance-driven PSI framework instead
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NewsIPE Conference 2025: Financial sector over-extended on climate transition, says KLP
Speakers discussed how to navigate green ambitions amid pushback, policy gaps – and progress
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NewsSEC commissioner says investors following proxy advice could be collaborating
Mark Uyeda has suggested that following the same voting recommendation could put shareholders in 13D category for activists
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NewsRailpen to challenge companies undermining shareholder rights in 2026 votes
The fund’s 2026 voting policy tightens scrutiny of corporate lobbying that undermines shareholder rights and long-term value
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NewsFour major investor groups join good governance campaign
The campaign will focus engagement on the Draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill
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NewsTrustees urged to upskill as pension funds embrace private markets
‘Private market allocations have nearly tripled across UK pension schemes since 2019’, says Pensions Management Institute guide
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AnalysisMember preferences and risk management: how sustainability is showing up in IORP III
EU Commission wants to strengthen language around management of sustainability-related risks
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NewsWhat do the SFDR proposals mean for pension funds?
There is uncertainty about what pension funds will be allowed to say externally about sustainability-related investment strategies
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NewsCOP30: Final text limp on fossil fuels, own initiative processes announced
The Belém Package comprises 29 decisions approved by consensus of 195 countries, but not on the fate of fossil fuels
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NewsXPS Group downgrades asset managers over weak climate pledges
Consultancy said asset managers should have clear firm-level targets to manage climate change “as a systemic issue”
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NewsDiversity Project seeks new name amid rising DEI backlash
Baroness Helena Morrissey, chair of the Diversity Project, says ‘It’s time to reframe and depoliticise the discussion and to reclaim our original intention’
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NewsUK asset manager body asks for more tailored rationales for exec pay
But overall flexible approach is working well, says Investment Association
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NewsInvestors that back away from net zero could be ‘seen as negligent’
Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance also argues that mandates must not be ‘overly prescriptive’ on climate
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NewsResponsible investors to develop rules for investing in defence
‘Responsible investment principles still need to apply’ in defence investing, says Dan Neale of Church Commissioners, one of the architects of the new principles
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NewsUK pension funds among investors to slam SEC U-turn on shareholder arbitration
NEST, Pensions UK, Universities Superannuation Scheme and Brunel Pension Partnership are among more than 60 investors to sign an open letter to the SEC
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NewsNorway’s SWF opposes $1trn Tesla CEO package
NBIM to reject all three proposals the EV carmaker says are ‘critical for securing the company’s future’
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NewsCorporate biodiversity-linked greenwashing cases triple in 2025
RepRisk report warns that greenwashing is becoming a repeat offence in some sectors
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Special ReportSeeking a safe jurisdiction in a legal storm
Europe and the US offer institutional investors different forms of recourse with their respective opt-out and opt-in legal systems
