Podcast: Private Funds Update: The UK Stewardship Code 2020
On 3 June 2025, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the UK Stewardship Code 2026. The new Code, effective from 1 January 2026, aims to foster long-term sustainable value creation and improve engagement quality...more
On 3 June 2025, the Financial Reporting Council (“FRC”) published its new UK Stewardship Code 2026 (the “Code”). The voluntary Code applies to asset managers, asset owners and services providers with the aim of providing...more
The end of 2024 and start of 2025 saw a flurry of activity and publications from the FCA, with the UK financial markets regulator continuing to consult on, and revise, its rulebooks, including to advance a more attractive and...more
Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about. ...more
The proposals seek to address engagement feedback which called for a more effective stewardship model that would support UK competitiveness and growth. On 11 November 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) launched...more
On 22 January 2024, the FRC published a revised edition of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code). This follows on from the consultation on several important changes to the Code that it launched in May 2023 (see our...more
On 7 November 2023 the FRC issued a press release in relation to its ongoing review and update of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the ”Code”), announcing a big scaling back of revisions it had proposed to the Code. That...more
On 24 May 2023, the Financial Reporting Council ("FRC") launched a consultation on proposed revisions to the current (2018) edition UK's Corporate Governance Code (the "Consultation" and the "Code"). This follows on from the...more
In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: The expanding scope of EU rules on ESG disclosures; FRC Lab launches project on...more
Over the past four years in the United States, there has been an increasing disconnect between public and private action on climate. The current administration de-prioritized (and many believe sabotaged) any efforts to...more