W8 Wealth Limited – Stewardship Code

 

W8 Wealth Limited (FCA number 774753) fully supports the UK Stewardship Code (“The Code”) which sets out good practice for institutional investors and investment managers when engaging with the UK listed companies in which they invest, and is intended to enhance this relationship. The Firm recognises the responsibilities that come with significant share ownership. We treat votes, and the influence these give us on behalf of our clients, as valuable assets and act accordingly in exercising them. The size of our clients' shareholding and the materiality of any issue will determine the level of engagement we undertake.

 

 The Walker Review created seven principles to be followed by professional organisations such as ourselves. The principles are highlighted below, and we make every effort to abide by these. The Firm currently offers an advisory and managed account service only. As a firm with a relatively small size of assets under management, we are inevitably unable to influence management of our investee companies in the same way that a much larger investor can do so, however we make every effort to participate and vote on issues which could materially affect the value of one of our investments, especially during corporate actions. 

 

  • Principle 1: Institutional investors should publicly disclose their policy on how they will discharge their stewardship responsibilities disclosures
  • Principle 2: Institutional investors should have a robust policy on managing conflicts of interest in relation to stewardship and this policy should be publicly disclosed
  • Principle 3: Institutional investors should monitor their investee companies
  • Principle 4: Institutional investors should establish clear guidelines on when and how they will escalate their activities as a method of protecting and enhancing shareholder value
  • Principle 5: Institutional investors should be willing to act collectively with other investors where appropriate
  • Principle 6: Institutional investors should have a clear policy on voting and disclosure of voting activity
  • Principle 7: Institutional investors should report periodically on their stewardship and voting activities

 

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