Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) helps institutional shareowners around the world to meet their fiduciary responsibilities and become active owners of public and private companies. EOS' team of engagement and voting specialists monitor its clients' investments in companies and intervene where necessary with the aim of improving performance. EOS' activities are based on the premise that companies with informed and involved shareholders are more likely to effectively manage risk and achieve superior long-term performance than those without.
Hermes has the largest stewardship resource of any fund manager in the world. The depth and breadth of this resource reflects our philosophy that ownership activities require an integrated and skilled approach. Intervention at senior management and board director level should be carried out by individuals with the right skills and with credibility. Making realistic and realisable demands of companies, informed by significant hands-on experience of business management and strategy setting is critical to the success of our engagements.
Owned by BT Pension Scheme, the UK's largest pension fund, EOS has a strong commonality of interests with the global coalition of investors it represents. Hermes and the BTPS have extensive experience of implementing the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). EOS' Chief Executive Colin Melvin chaired the committee that drew up the original principles, and the current chair is a trustee of the BTPS. This insight enables EOS to help clients who wish to become signatories or have already achieved signatory status to meet the challenges of the PRI.
UNPRI Signatory
LPs have learnt from the public scrutiny of their listed investments that environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues can impact on the success of their investments. Now, private equity fund managers are following suit.
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