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JPMAM hires ESG expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... His responsibilities include overseeing the firm's regional stewardship approach by leading corporate engagement, proxy voting and stewardship reporting. Lam came from CCB International Securities, a Hong-Kong-based equity research firm. At CCB, he served ...

Lack of diversity major business risk: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... Taraporevala has issued his annual letter to boards of major global listed companies, outlining the fund manager's proxy voting agenda for 2021, and the fund manager's ongoing stewardship work. SSGA has identified lack of racial, ethnic, and ...

Kogan execs chase big bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... general meeting today, chair Greg Ridder acknowledged that executive bonuses were of concern to shareholders. The proxy voting results on the package of six million options, worth approximately $90 million, for chief executive Ruslan Kogan and chief ...

Morningstar adds ESG to analysis

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... incorporation across all asset classes and/or more than 75% of assets under management and run best-in-class engagement and proxy voting programs," Morningstar said. Morningstar said its analysts that classify a fund with a "low" rating do not believe ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... stewardship. Karin Halliday will assume the role of senior manager, ESG and investment stewardship, responsible for proxy voting, company engagement and research capabilities (including ASX Small Company research). She will be the lead point person for ...

Evans Dixon thwarts Tony Pitt...for now

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... shareholders for approval at the November 11 meeting. The resolution passed, with about 53.88% of the votes cast on the poll voting in favor of it. (So did the remuneration report, however since 34.7% shareholders were against it, the board faced a first ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... super-wealthy. Bandt also called on Labor to help block the tax cuts and pressured the party to "join us in the trenches instead of voting with the Coalition again." However, in interviews after the announcement Chalmers said the Labor party is in support ...

Waislitz pokes holes in OneVue bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... revenue and cost saving synergies. "In Thorney's view, OneVue shareholders will be better off in the medium term by also voting against the proposed scheme and keeping OneVue as an independent entity," he wrote. The shareholder vote is scheduled for ...

Alex Waislitz urges OVH shareholders to vote no

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... still not good enough for Waislitz, who has previously expressed dissatisfaction with the original offer. He will be still voting no at the October 9 meeting, and his Thorney listed investment companies bought more OVH shares yesterday, a spokesperson ...

IRESS caves in, ups OneVue bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... mid-June they owned 14.96% of OVH stock. They have continued to buy more since IRESS's June 1 offer, and had an 18.25% voting power as at the last disclosure published on the ASX on September 14. "The original offer price of 40 cents per share was ...