This book provides a critical assessment of the development of the
Stewardship Code 2020, which sets out principles regarding the role of
institutional investors in corporate governance. It discusses how the
regulatory framework for stewardship evolved before and after the
financial crisis, and how that evolution resulted in the 2020 Code. It
then critiques the Code from a practical and academic perspective, as
well as evaluating the wider regulatory framework; in particular, the
position of the FRC (ARGA). The book concludes by offering insight into
different pathways that the evolution of stewardship may continue to
take. Stewardship Codes modelled on the U.K.'s original 2010 version
have been introduced in numerous markets and as such the book will be
relevant for an international audience of academics, regulators and
policymakers in financial regulation, investment regulation and
financial services.