Investment Management, Stewardship and Sustainability: Transformation and Challenges in Law and Regulation (Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law)

This book brings together thought leadership from academia and leading figures in asset management in key global jurisdictions, to pool together insights regarding the transformative visions and challenges for modern investment management, as well as best practices that realise the policy objectives in regulation and soft law.

The world of investment management is being challenged by new legal, regulatory and soft law developments to demonstrate that their practices cohere with the long-term needs of the saving population as well as public interest needs in financing global sustainability and social development. The chapters in this book uniquely bring together the views of academia and practice on the key developments that can transform the law and practice of investment management, including the EU's new sustainable finance reform package, the UK Stewardship Code 2020, and developments in the US regarding the fit between fiduciary law for investment management and modern sustainability concerns.

The book brings together the best of both worlds–critical thoughtful perspectives from academia and qualitative insight from the investment management industry. It will be of interest to researchers in law, investment management, business and management, practitioners in the investment management industry and their legal advisers, and policy-makers in the EU, UK and beyond who are grappling with the appropriate governance paradigms for bringing about more sustainable outcomes globally.

Hans-Christoph Hirt is a Trustee Director of the Hermes Group Pension Scheme (HGPS) in London. Until March 2022, he was Managing Director and a member of the Board of EOS at Federated Hermes, Inc.

Before his time with EOS, Dr Hirt worked with the international law firm Ashurst and at the London School of Economics. In addition to his work in the financial services sector, Dr Hirt has been affiliated with the Law School at University College London (UCL) for many years. He has a multi-disciplinary background in business administration, law, accounting and auditing, asset management and climate science.