Stewardship
As stewards of our clients’ assets, Investec Asset Management will evaluate, monitor, and actively engage with the companies in which we invest with the aim of preserving or adding value to our clients' portfolios.
As stewards of our clients’ assets, Investec Asset Management will evaluate, monitor, and actively engage with the companies in which we invest with the aim of preserving or adding value to our clients' portfolios.
In our latest Stewardship Report, we look at ESG integration within investments, including tackling the big issues through investment management, active ownership and our outlook for sustainable development at Investec Asset Management
8 October 2018
Understanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is an important element of emerging market sovereign debt analysis. We adopt a comprehensive approach to ESG integration that ensures we cover all the bases from rule of law to renewable energy.
Investec Asset Management embraces the concept of active stewardship. The aim of our work is to preserve and grow the real purchasing power of the assets entrusted to us by our clients over the long term. In fulfilling this purpose we will assume a stewardship role, including the effective exercising of our clients’ ownership rights. We will monitor, evaluate, and if necessary, actively engage or withdraw investments with the aim of preserving or adding value to our clients’ portfolios.
Our primary objective is to ensure that we allocate our clients capital as efficiently as possible; to preserve and grow their wealth over the long term. We therefore take an active and transparent approach to stewardship including engagement with the investments in our portfolios. We believe this benefits our clients and improve the broader environmental and social context in which we invest.
We have a dedicated global ESG (environmental, social and governance) team, which is steered by a senior Investment Governance Committee. Together with all the investment teams, the ESG team focuses on integration strategies, ESG research and engagement efforts.
Our Stewardship Report highlights current ESG issues influencing our industry and investments, company engagements, proxy voting analysis, updates on new research, integration and other strategic efforts.
Read moreOur Stewardship Report highlights current ESG issues influencing our industry and investments, company engagements, proxy voting analysis, updates on new research, integration and other strategic efforts.
Once investment has taken place in a company, Investec Asset Management assumes a stewardship role in representing our clients’ ownership rights.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have set out their requirements for the implementation of the revised Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II). This includes an engagement policy. The engagement policy requirements are covered by our Stewardship Policy read with our Approach to Engagement.
Once investment has taken place in a company, Investec Asset Management assumes a stewardship role in representing our clients’ ownership rights.
Find out about Investec Asset Management’s Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
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