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Stewardship lessons from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... more to reach for," Melville said. WTW's five catalysts to spur asset management stewardship are: resourcing, clarity, voting, collaboration and leadership. "Stewardship resourcing is sparse in the context of the task and the size of the opportunity. ...

Unions have right to express views: Combet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... relations issues have been left at the door outside the room. That's been the case for 25 years." In addition to this, the voting system ensures only what is ultimately in the interests of the members pass its trustee boards, the former ACTU secretary ...

Negative gearing reforms not a panacea: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
... 100,000 real estate businesses across Australia together with their employees and families - know exactly what they will be voting for and can make an informed decision at the ballot box," he said. This week we ask: What makes Australian equities attractive ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... song must be playing in UK prime minister Theresa May's head - it should as it did in mine - when a second round of voting in the House of Commons on her Brexit deal with the EU produced the same result - a rejection. The only consolation was the ...

Hermes inks local ESG partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... repository of company engagement expertise. In 2018, ACSI conducted 249 engagement meetings with ASX300 companies and provided voting advice on 1712 resolutions across this index," ACSI said. "In 2018, Hermes EOS engaged with 746 companies on 2,084 ESG ...

NZ Super makes transparency play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... established a platform to record its votes at listed company AGMs. NZ Super Fund will allow stakeholders to search its voting data by country and company, down to individual resolutions across the 6000 listed companies the fund holds shares in. NZ Super ...

Major shareholders defy proxy advisers: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
Superannuation funds and investment managers are increasingly voting contrary to the recommendations of proxy advisers, according to new research. The annual Link AGM Snapshot report showed a drop in the influence of proxy advisers, with super funds ...

Super funds wield bank remuneration stick

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... at ANZ, NAB and Westpac recently show Australia's superannuation funds are cutting through when it comes to shareholder voting prowess. NAB recorded the highest ever vote (88%) against a remuneration report for an ASX-listed company, and investors were ...

One small step for responsible investment sees one giant leap for Man Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... participate in controversial arms and munitions across all of its funds. In addition, all Man Group funds will receive 100% proxy voting, while funds that are RI-dedicated or have a certain level of RI integration will be subject to enhanced stewardship ...

Westpac executive remuneration voted down

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... remuneration resolution. "This means we will incur a first strike. This sends a strong message to the board," he said. Many voting against the remuneration report questioned whether the board went far enough, particularly in reducing short-term variable ...