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Vote now in 2022 FS Power50

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
Voting is now open for the FS Power50, recognising the most influential financial advisers in Australia in 2022. In the making of this list, Financial Standard defines 'influential' as individuals who have been, or continue to be, instrumental ...

V-Square launches Australian ESG index strategy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... benchmarks with their objectives." The statement concluded the investment framework is reinforced by V-Square's custom proxy voting policy guided by the core tenets of accountability, stewardship, transparency, and sustainability. "By focusing on these ...

FS Power50 nominations open for 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... past 14 years. Following this, a shortlist of financial advisers who get the highest number of nominations proceed to the voting round. All shortlisted candidates will be screened, with only financial advisers registered on ASIC's Financial Adviser ...

BGH raises Virtus offer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... has been accelerated by up to six business days, so accepting shareholders will be paid sooner," BGH said. BGH's majority voting power in Virtus now stands at over 84% and the company intends to delist Virtus from the ASX once its voting power reaches ...

Leading wealth management marketers recognised

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
... Nominations across the 23 categories were reviewed and vetted to provide five finalists per category, who then proceeded to a voting round, which attracted 13,000 votes. "Yet again, we've seen a high standard of nominations and engagement. Marketing ...

TCorp appoints head of investment stewardship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... implementing TCorp's Investment Stewardship Policy and managing the five stewardship pillars-portfolio integration of ESG, proxy voting, engagement with investee entities, industry collaboration and transparency/disclosure-and embedding this throughout ...

Green ETFs on the up and up: AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... Australian investors' interest in 'green' securities will grow even more dramatically." AUSIEX identified that investors' voting preferences also mirror their investing preferences, with those in suburbs that saw a teal independent win in the recent ...

Twiggy Forrest spends $31m on Australian Agricultural Company

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... The Australian billionaire's family office Tattarang recently purchased $31 million worth of AAC shares, increasing his voting notice in the company substantially. Interestingly, the purchase was not the first acquisition of Australian agricultural shares ...

SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... impact(s) they seek to achieve and summarize their progress on achieving those impacts." Further, funds that apply proxy voting or other engagement with issuers as a significant means of implementing their ESG strategy would be required to disclose information ...

Barclays increases stake in Barrenjoey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... Barclays was a cornerstone investor in Barrenjoey in 2020, investing $45 million for a 9.99% economic interest and 4.99% voting interest. "We are delighted to have the opportunity to increase our shareholding with Barrenjoey. Since our foundation investment ...