View the AEGON Asset Management UK policy on corporate governance (WORD 327KB).

We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of customer care and service within a strong control environment. We aim to ensure that our clients’ assets are securely maintained and all transactions are properly controlled. We aim to provide investors with clear assurance that our funds and services are proficiently managed and administered.

Key components of our control environment include our management committees, audit, monitoring and regulatory developments, business risk management and business continuity, policies and procedures, and human resources practices. View our FRAG 21 report for a description of our control environment and key systems, an outline of our control objectives, our control descriptions and tests conducted.

Our corporate governance policy supports the principles of the Combined Code in the UK and other recognised best practice guidance overseas. We actively register proxies at all AGMs and EGMs of the companies that we invest in the UK.

We regularly meet with the senior management of the companies we invest in to ensure they are being run in the best interests of shareholders. Additionally, our specialist corporate governance team work closely alongside our fund managers to monitor the performance of our investments.

We are also highly experienced ethical investors. Since 1989, we have offered investors funds designed to meet their needs for investment decisions based on strong ethical principles.

View the AEGON Asset Management Capital Requirements Directive Pillar 3 Disclosures - April 2008.