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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 ...

FS Power50 names most influential advisers in 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... industry-wide nominations phase, which drew more than 500 nominations. One hundred and five financial advisers made it to the voting phase, which drew more than 5000 votes. All 105 shortlisted nominees then went through a final editorial vetting process ...

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 ...