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HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... advisor would recommend against giving protection to British Airways, a minority shareholder.A "Why would they recommend voting against that?" she says. "But then I read through the report. Originally Qantas was 100% owned by the government, then they ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... Finally, it's here that long speculated week when the Fed decides. It's crunch time all around folks. Each and every FOMC voting member and his dog and cat must be busily crunching the numbers as I type to give an intelligent and convincing rationale ...

ASIC warns super funds over transparency requirements

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... only disclosing a director's remuneration as nil if they provide their services in a purely voluntary capacity; including voting summariesA on international, not just Australian, listed shares; disclose when the trustee's policy is not to vote on listed ...

Super law changes "political suicide"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... member experience, but at the same time it means any potential regulatory changes have become deeply unpopular with the voting public. Thomas also discussed Australia's future as a "mobile workforce." He noted that an increasing number of Australian ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
"You say it best when you say nothing at all." - Ronan Keating Or rather, they did - the voting and non-voting members of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC). Their conflicting stances did not settle the when of the lift-off issue one single ...

LGS launches shareholder voting website

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Local Government Super is reported to be the first super fund in Australia disclosing its voting intentions in advance of investee company shareholder meetings. The super fund's recent move was made in conjunction with the launch of a shareholder voting ...

Rebalancing almost leads to accidental takeover bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Securities Exchange on March 25, BlackRock said a change in interests held by the company resulted in an increase of its voting power to 20.77%. This occurred on March 20 after more than 8.6 million shares in Monadelphous were purchased by BlackRock. ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... practices within each business. "We have always targeted lead or co-lead roles to ensure we have board representation and voting rights on all decisions including the implementation of ESG principles," CFSGAM partner, direct infrastructure Europe Niall ...

Avestra fined for breaching takeover laws

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... Avestra was found guilty of breaching section 606 of the Corporations, meaning it unlawfully acquired relevant interests in voting shares. 606 sets out that a shareholder in a publically traded company must notify the market if its holdings reach 5 per ...