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Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... clarifies the ways in which ESG and climate change can be integrated into investment decisions like asset allocation and proxy voting by so-called ERISA funds, which are private workplace-based pension plans. The new rule change clarifies that a fiduciary's ...

AFA posts $273,135 operational loss

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... will follow, with members providing feedback on the drafts. Final versions of the documents will be issued to members and voting will open in early February 2023, closing in late February at separate Extraordinary General Meetings of the AFA and FPA. ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
BlackRock will allow individual investors in select mutual funds in the UK to engage in proxy voting via its technology platform Voting Choice. BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said it's clear investors don't want to sit on the ...

Citi launches digital proxy voting service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
Citi Securities Services has launched its digital proxy voting service, Vote Connect Total, in Australia and New Zealand. The tool will be provided by Proxymity and allows golden source meeting announcements and agendas to be published directly from ...

Active Super expands digital offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... either an asset class or regional level to sector specific industries and companies and click through to see the fund's voting history for each company. The data tool complements, but is separate to, the fund's existing portfolio holdings disclosures. ...

Super funds more likely to recall shares for proxy votes: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
Institutional investors, such as super funds, are more likely to recall loaned shares to exercise voting rights in line with proxy voting policies, research has found. In the decade since the introduction of the "two-strikes rule" in 2011, more institutional ...

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... this gives us the opportunity to directly influence change by engaging with boards and management and by exercising our voting rights," Pearce said. "Divestment, while always an option, eliminates the influence we have. "Engagement is working. This year ...

FS Power50: Last day to vote

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
Voting for the 2022 FS Power50, which recognises the most influential financial advisers in Australia, closes today. This year, Financial Standard received 180 nominations. This was whittled down to a shortlist of 115. So far, the list has attracted ...

Investment industry veteran joins Rest board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... board. He will commence the role in October, as well as join the board of investments committee, of which he has been a non-voting member since September 2020. Aside from Pendal, Bargholz previously held senior executive positions at several funds management ...

Martin Currie introduces Aussie equities strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... 18-strong investment team." "Our team also captures our best of breed in-house fundamental ESG analysis, engagement and proxy voting, which is integrated deeply into our investment process and portfolio construction." Birtles continued, explaining that ...