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Fiduciary Duty and Responsible Investment: An Overview

In: Responsible Investment Banking

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  • Christine Berry

    (New Economics Foundation (NEF))

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The extent to which pension funds and other fiduciary investors can take account of environmental and social issues when making investment decisions has long been subject to debate. This chapter examines some of the key legal arguments and argues that fiduciary investors’ scope for action on such issues is considerably wider than is often supposed. Although the primary focus is on the UK legal context, similar issues arise in various other jurisdictions. In 2013, the UK Law Commission was asked to review this area of law and make recommendations to policymakers with a view to addressing uncertainties among market participants. The chapter makes reference to the Law Commission’s provisional findings where appropriate, but at the time of writing, its final report had not yet been published.

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  • Christine Berry, 2015. "Fiduciary Duty and Responsible Investment: An Overview," CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, in: Karen Wendt (ed.), Responsible Investment Banking, edition 127, pages 527-534, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-319-10311-2_35
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10311-2_35
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    1. Amariei, Cosmina, 2020. "Asset Allocation in Europe: Reality vs. Expectations," ECMI Papers 27304, Centre for European Policy Studies.

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