Engagement and voting

Engagement with companies is a key part of our investment approach and is one of several ways we develop our understanding of companies, raise issues with management and monitor subsequent developments. 

Engagement can include face-to-face meetings, calls, emails and letters on a wide range of topics including strategy, operational performance, ESG issues and industry-specific considerations.

While we do make use of external research and data resources, it is the relationships we have built and knowledge we have derived from meeting and engaging with companies that continue to inform our investment decisions.

• Read our engagement policy

Voting

We exercise our voting rights and responsibilities as part of our stewardship duties. We aim to vote our shares for all stocks unless we are restricted from doing so by local market practice, laws or regulation.

We are committed to upholding and improving the corporate governance standards of the companies in which we invest, in the long-term interests of our clients.

Fund managers make the final decision on how to vote based on a range of inputs, including internal research, Stewardship team guidance, engagement with companies and other external research in addition to that provided by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), our proxy voting adviser.

• Read our voting policy
• Read our latest significant votes report
• Read our latest vote reports: