Corporate Governance Overview

Pendal’s commitment to exceeding industry standards means we actively maintain corporate governance policies across every aspect of our operations.

Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship

Pendal Funds Services Limited (PFSL) and Pendal Institutional Limited (PIL) have set out their organisational and investment approach, and approach to internal governance and asset stewardship in their Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Policy in accordance with the Financial Services Council Standard No. 23: Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship.

Governance Policies

Pendal has adopted Perpetual Group governance policies including:

• PL Code of Conduct (Australia) – sets out the way we expect our employees to do business and underpins our culture.
• PL Whistleblowing Policy (Australia) – we promote a workplace where speaking up on matters of conduct that are of concern and reporting such matters of conduct are encouraged, and where employees who speak up will be protected from victimisation or other retaliatory behaviour.
• Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy – outlines the scope and principles that define our approach to identifying, managing, and mitigating bribery and corruption risk and complying with Anti-Bribery and Corruption laws and regulations.

The governance policies are available here.