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Engage Quarterly September 2026
In this issue, we explore how investors are approaching outsourced stewardship and oversight; consider how stewardship frameworks can better support long-term value creation; and examine rising US securities class actions, including AI-related filings, settlement values and resolution times.
Engage Quarterly July 2026
In this issue, we assess whether the UK Stewardship Code can deliver meaningful shareholder engagement; examine why responsible AI depends on clear accountability and practical governance; and outline what the shift from TCFD to UK SRS means for listed companies.
Engage Quarterly March 2026
In this issue, we consider how President Trump’s executive order on proxy advisers could weaken shareholder voice; examine Asia’s continued progress on sustainability disclosure and corporate governance reform; and reflect on the implications of the UK’s new Prospectus Rules for securities litigation.
Engage Quarterly December 2025
In this issue, we consider whether a responsible investment strategy can be compatible with investment in the defence industry; examine significant implications for investors’ rights of redress following the SEC policy shift on mandatory arbitration clauses; and reflect on the growing use of pass-through voting.
Engage Quarterly September 2025
In this issue, we analyse findings from the Modern Slavery Benchmark report and the Find It, Fix It, Prevent It initiative; examine litigation related to “forever chemicals” aka PFAS and the need for investor engagement; and outline key priorities for investors in the agri-food sector during the 2025 proxy season.
Engage Quarterly July 2025
In this issue, we analyse support for ESG resolutions during AGM Season 2025 and note a concerning trend; examine how investors are ensuring that corporate AI deployment delivers, both for shareholders and society; and reflect on a welcome judgment in the Standard Chartered shareholder litigation.
Engage Quarterly March 2025
In this issue, we explore the lessons to be learnt from AGM Season 2024 and to be implemented for AGM Season 2025; we examine the role stewardship has to play in the implementation of effective DEI policies; and the role of AI in enabling investment stewardship teams to achieve better long-term outcomes.
Engage Quarterly December 2024
In this issue, we explore the need for investors to recalibrate their climate change expectations from the companies they invest in; we analyse the difficulties of assessing ESG risk in the built environment; and on class closure orders in Australian securities litigation and how they can benefit institutional investors.
Engage Quarterly September 2024
In this issue, we explore why stewardship is fundamentally about encouraging good governance, analyse a win in the Court of Appeal for Standard Chartered investors looking to hold the bank to account for its sanction breaches, and at how sustainability drives investor behaviour.
Engage Quarterly June 2024
Woodsford’s Stakeholder Engagement and Collective Redress
What happens when catastrophic breakdowns in corporate governance cause loss to a company’s customers or its shareholders? How are corporate governance wrongdoers held to account? Our paper covers it all by providing insights into our collective redress business.
Varieties of Investor Stewardship Conference Report
The Varieties of Investor Stewardship Conference brought attention to the current practices and future directions of stewardship, particularly in light of the political and economic challenges faced by key jurisdictions such as the UK, the US, and beyond.
The Law and Business of Litigation Finance
Published in June 2024, the second edition of The Law and Business of Litigation Finance is an essential guide for those who seek to provide litigation funding, as well as for anyone who wishes to understand the litigation funding process.
ESG Engagement and Litigation 2025
Chapter Authors: Steven Friel & Mitesh Modha
Panoramic Next explores the fast-changing landscape surrounding corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) obligations and risks. Jurisdictions covered include Australia, Austria, England & Wales, Switzerland, and the US.
Your Global Guide to Litigation Funding: 2025
Chapter Authors: Steven Friel, Charlie Morris, David Haughan, and Jonathan Barnes
Panoramic provides a view of how laws and regulations vary across jurisdictions, written by leading practitioners globally. Jurisdictions covered include Australia, Belgium, British Virgin Islands, England & Wales, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, and more.
