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Stewardship

How Do Pension Funds Vote Their Shares?

The mechanics behind a pension fund's proxy votes, from voting policy to ballot, and why the trend in 2026 is funds reclaiming control of how their shares are voted.

UAO Editorial · Jun 25, 2026
UK 10-year gilt 4.84%, 30-year gilt 5.50% — the highest in the G7

The UK just repriced a G7 curve on politics

Starmer's resignation reprices a G7 sovereign curve, stewardship goes on trial at PRI Investor Day, and the world's largest fund has its ethics tool switched off — plus today's scenario, chart and tool.

UAO Editorial · Jun 23, 2026
Stewardship

What Is a Voting Policy?

How institutional investors decide the millions of proxy votes they cast each year — and why the role of ISS and Glass Lewis is now shifting.

UAO Editorial · Jun 22, 2026
Stewardship

What Is a Stewardship Report?

What a stewardship report is, what the UK Stewardship Code 2026 expects it to contain, and how to tell a substantive report from a glossy one.

UAO Editorial · Jun 22, 2026
Stewardship

Engagement vs Divestment: Which Actually Works?

The evidence on whether selling or staying does more to change corporate behaviour — and why universal owners lean toward engagement backed by a credible exit threat.

UAO Editorial · Jun 22, 2026
Stewardship

What Is Shareholder Engagement?

How universal owners use dialogue, voting and escalation to influence the companies they hold — and what separates real engagement from box-ticking.

UAO Editorial · Jun 22, 2026
Stewardship

What Is Stewardship in Investing?

What investment stewardship means, how engagement and voting work in practice, and how the UK Stewardship Code 2026 and global frameworks define the responsibilities of asset owners and managers.

UAO Editorial · Jun 21, 2026
Transition Risk for Institutional Investors — Universal Asset Owners
Climate Risk

Transition Risk for Institutional Investors

Transition risk is the financial risk to investments from the move to a lower-carbon economy: policy, technology, market and reputational shifts that can strand assets and reprice sectors. Here is how it differs from physical risk and how owners manage it.

UAO Editorial · May 25, 2026
Stewardship for Universal Owners — Universal Asset Owners
Universal Owners

Stewardship for Universal Owners

Stewardship is the use of ownership rights and influence to protect and enhance long-term value. For a universal owner that cannot diversify away systemic risk, it is a core risk-management tool, not a box-ticking exercise. Here is how it works.

UAO Editorial · May 25, 2026
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