ACT Board Toolkit

Designed for boards and fiduciaries, the ACT Board Toolkit offers the practical tools and guidance needed to apply the ACT Framework in practice — enabling consistent, transparent assessment of culture and evidence of effective governance.

What’s inside:

Guidance notes – clear, step-by-step instructions on how to apply the ACT Framework within board processes and meetings.
Research and reference material – insight into how culture drives governance quality, drawn from City Hive’s industry analysis and stewardship work.
Supporting resources – links to ACT Framework documentation, signatory guidance, and further reading on culture, inclusion and stewardship.

USING ACT

ACT for Manager Research Teams

Guidance for how to integrate ACT into your manager research process, giving insights to manage risk and make better-informed decisions.

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Accessing the Data

Find out how professional investors and analysts can access consistent and transparent data via ACT.

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Regulatory Mapping of ACT

See the Simmons & Simmons insights on how ACT questions map over FCA regulations including Consumer duty and SMRC.

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Signatory Firms

The list of ACT Signatory firms, and the year they signed up. The official ACT List is released every 6 months.

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Governance of ACT

Explore who governs ACT.

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Access the data from Door

Register to request and access the latest data from Door. You do not have to use Door for all your due diligence needs.

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RESEARCH & INSIGHTS

Ethnicity Investment Gap

Explore attitudes towards investments amongst women, minorities and other seldom heard groups. Our perceptions of investors are shaped by the messages we receive, which inevitably impact who we all assume the end investor should be. It is crucial to understand the barriers different groups face and then actively seek solutions to remove them.

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Gender Pension Gap

This white paper seeks to understand the key reasons for the current gender pension gap and what can be done about it.

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Financial Inclusion and Disability

This report centres the voice of disabled people, to understand what actions the asset management industry can take to attract and enable sustained participation from disabled people in a position to save, by understanding more about their needs and motivations.

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Working Forwards Report

How can firms consider and implement flexibility, agile working and leave policies and practice, as we navigate changing attitudes towards the workplace?

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ACT Insights

Browse our insights, strengthening the investment management industry through research, reports, and commentary.

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