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Government responds to proxy vote concerns

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... (Proxy Voting) Bill 2012', which was introduced into parliament on 24 May 2012. The amendment will clarify that the chair of an AGM, who is a member of the company's key management personnel, will be able to exercise undirected proxies on the non-binding ...

FINSIA appoints new president

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia has appointed Marianne Birch as its new president, following the AGM held in Melbourne last night. "She has a long and impressive history within the financial services industry and with Finsia in particular," ...

AMP: Govt rules dent super confidence

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... continuous changes can have on consumer sentiment and confidence in the superannuation system. Speaking at the recent AMP AGM, chief executive Craig Dunn was optimistic about the benefits of the rise in compulsory superannuation contributions but warned ...

Xenophon targets super funds for greater transparency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... rights to equity holders in a listed company. "If you're a shareholder in a major ASX company, you're entitled to go to the AGM and move a resolution, yet you could have half your life savings in Super without those same opportunities," Senator Xenophon ...

Schroders board shake-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... investment officer will stand down after seven years. Chair Michael Miles will leave after the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May to be replaced by senior independent director Andrew Beeson. Alan Brown will also resign as chief investment ...

Triple engagement but 17 firms get first strike

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
In the first AGM season since its introduction, 17 companies have received their first strike under the two-strike rule but a new AMP report finds that company engagement has tripled. Last year the controversial two-strikes rule was introduced on July ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... at $26.12. Making news, Qantas Airways Ltd and Cougar Energy Ltd hold their annual general meetings on Friday. The Qantas AGM is expected to be fiery with the airline embroiled in industrial disquiet on several fronts. The airline says the industrial ...

Exec pay in Australia too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Executive compensation in Australian listed companies is out of step and needs to be brought back into alignment with investor interests, said Schroders deputy head of Australian equities in a briefing note. Andrew Fleming, said "Executive compensation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... Esho said US aluminium giant Aloca's weak results at the start of the US reporting season had weighed on markets. "You've got AGM season coming up, traders are more stock-selective in equities and they'll take profits where there's large profits in this ...

Super funds fail on carbon disclosure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... including many of the country's largest industry funds, Local Government Super and industry super fund MTAA. During the Woodside AGM, 27,325,549 shares were voted in favour of the resolution with 439,313,407 against and 13,647,015 abstained. "Disappointingly ...