Building trust in investors' engagements - the asset owner's data dilemma

As pension schemes come under increasing pressure to use their influence to improve corporate behaviour, good data is in increasing demand to provide transparency on asset managers' actions. Paul Lee, head of sustainable investing at Redington, said: "For an asset owner to be an effective corporate steward, voting and engagement need to go hand in hand." If an asset owner approaches shareholder voting and engagement differently, there is a danger messages can become confused and incoherent. Lee said: "That's why Redington is quite hesitant about asset managers offering greater choi...