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Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... Choi. Sustainable investing is gaining popularity too, as more Australians seek to align their ethical, social and governance (ESG) principles with their investment strategies. Three in 10 investors consider ESG factors when increasing or decreasing ...

SSGA to scrutinise ASX 100 directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... it would make R-Factor scores available to company management. "Having already engaged with companies on a number of governance matters for many years, we see that shareholder value is increasingly being driven by issues such as climate change, labour ...

UK regulator fined for pension failure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... plan, and reviewed systems and processes to ensure all the required information is available to members and the 2019 governance statement (provided in October) was fully compliant," the FCA's statement read. In a statement also provided to FT, TPR ...

Industry names recognised

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... of Citadel Group and former Macquarie director, Kevin McCann, received the award for his contributions to corporate governance and as an advocate for gender equity. Each year on Australia Day hundreds of members of the public are recognised by the government ...

VFMC hires investment stewardship lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... Talieh Williams will take on her new role effective February 3. Williams previously work at UniSuper as manager of governance and sustainable investment between 2008 and 2019. Williams has also previously served as a non-executive director for the Responsible ...

Former Wells Fargo chief banned for life

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... three years, the company has made fundamental changes to its business model, compensation programs, leadership, and governance," he said. "We are committing all necessary resources to ensure that we operate with the strongest business practices and controls ...

Super fund adds first operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... roles with EY, Mercer and Towers Perrin. Commenting on the thinking behind the new role, Rowe said: "The quality and governance of our data is critical to the development of our fund strategy and to our members, employers and other stakeholders, and ...

Fintech appoints former super fund chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... invaluable as Iress continues to grow," he said. "Both Trudy and Michael have impressive experience in executive and governance roles and we look forward to them joining the Iress board of directors." Vonhoff and Dwyer will begin working with the software ...

NAB hires to improve governance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... Australia Bank has appointed a new non-executive director with an extensive history in banking, risk management and governance. Simon McKeon will step into his new role effective 3 February 2020, after gaining regulatory approval, while remaining in ...

Industry fund looks within for co-chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... Advisory "on watch" due to the firm's 23% holding in XPO Logistics, on the grounds that it was concerned with XPO's governance. "First Super is reconsidering its long-standing investment with Orbis," Watson said at the time. "XPO's underperformance ...