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Primary digs heels on Aurora fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... January 15 resolutions "invalid and of no effect" because the meeting had not allowed for 21 days' notice to all shareholders as Primary Securities was working from an older shareholder register. Aurora said it had asked ASIC not to register the ...

AFIC director retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... wide range of subsequent industries she has been exposed to." The AFIC board also recognised Hey's valued service to shareholders. In August 2018, the listed investment company announced a new chair in John Paterson. He replaced Terrence Campbell, a ...

Corporates can help solve retirement issue: BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... linked. "Profits are essential if a company is to effectively serve all of its stakeholders over time - not only shareholders, but also employees, customers, and communities," he said. "Similarly, when a company truly understands and expresses its purpose ...

AustralianSuper consortium ups bid for Navitas

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... advances ran up the stock. The Navitas board said its directors intend to recommend unanimously the transaction to its shareholders after the exclusivity period ends on February 18, in absence of a superior proposal. "The BGH Consortium has indicated ...

Super funds wield bank remuneration stick

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... expectations about accountability." ACSI supports the "two-strikes" rule on remuneration, but notes that it places shareholders in a position of only being able to express a view on bonuses that have already been paid. Davidson said: "Perhaps the time ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... decided to divest its life insurance and wealth protection business, in a $3.3 billion sale that attracted the ire of shareholders. The ASX was forced to intervene, and ruled the under-fire wealth manager did not require the approval of shareholders ...

Shareholders put NAB board in the hot seat

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
NAB executives were slammed for destroying shareholder value and for losing its lead as Australia's biggest bank by market capitalisation at its annual general meeting in Melbourne this morning. One shareholder during the question and answer session ...

Westpac executive remuneration voted down

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
Westpac received a first strike for its remuneration report after shareholders overwhelmingly voted against it at the annual general meeting in Perth yesterday. The proposed remuneration report for the year ended 30 September 2018 was cast down by 64.16% ...

Super funds defend $5bn infrastructure investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... equivalent to the wharfage fee that Botany and Kembla port operators would receive if they handled the containers. Major shareholders in NSW Ports include superannuation funds AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Hostplus as well as IFM Investors and Tawreed ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... to see companies changing their shareholder offers such as share buybacks, given the large super funds are bigger shareholders than SMSFs; however in the future, whether an individual or a SMSF participates in the offer would depend on whether they will ...