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Legal woes continue for super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... to consider a range of factors, including ESG risks, when selecting investments in their portfolios and when exercising voting rights," Rest said. The fund is currently recruiting for a responsible investment manager to join its investment team to develop ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... committee if a company does not have at least one woman on its board. SSGA said the enhancement to its board gender diversity voting guidelines would begin in Australia, the UK and US in 2020, moving to Canada, Japan and continental Europe in 2021. SSGA ...

Pinnacle launches new affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... Wanis as managing director. Pinnacle will hold 40% of the total shareholding in Longwave and represents less than 1% of the voting shares. Wanis was a multi-asset portfolio manager at Schroders located in Sydney and was responsible for investment process ...

Zenith introduces shareholder voting advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... "And it doesn't stop there, as they will then need to decide what decision will be best for individual clients once the voting results are formalised," Zenith said. A case in point is the recent WAM Capital bid for Wealth Defender Equities. WAM's 84-page ...

Macquarie boards add new CEO and Westpac veteran

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... join both MQG and MBL boards, effective immediately. Moore, 59, is retiring after 10 years in the job. As an executive voting director, Wikramanayake will be paid no fees, which the bank said is consistent with the terms of appointment for existing executive ...

Macquarie acquires Investa Office Fund stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... notified that the Investa Commercial Property Fund, in its own opinion, is not restricted by the Corporations Act from voting on any of the resolutions proposed by the Investa Office Fund in relation to a possible acquisition by Blackstone. In May, Blackstone ...

Aurora takes acquisition bid to Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... greater care in communicating to shareholders it was the subject of a potential takeover. It added the acquiring control over voting shares in Molopo did not take place in an "efficient, competitive and informed market." Aurora's bid may be withdrawn ...

Member takes $50 billion industry fund to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... to consider a range of factors, including ESG risks, when selecting investments in their portfolios and when exercising voting rights." Despite this, Environmental Justice Australia principal lawyer David Barnden said Rest has long-term investments in ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... church said the vote would allow it to continue to push for "real change" in the oil and gas sector and use engagement, its voting rights and rights to file shareholder resolutions to drive the change it wanted to see. The move is also a soft turn from ...

BlackRock regional stewardship lead retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... investment stewardship at BlackRock is retiring. Pru Bennett has served in the role since 2010, establishing comprehensive voting and engagement policies and strategies for numerous markets in the region. She has also been instrumental in developing ...