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What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... global equities fund. "Global equities is not a place where income-focused strategies fit [in Australia] because ASX companies tend to pay higher dividends and having options trading skills in overseas markets is not a skill seen here," Wilkinson said. ...

WiseTech short could impact super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... shareholders, large and small." He called for the regulator to investigate attempts by overseas short sellers to target ASX companies. WiseTech said no overstatement in profit, growth or revenue was made and that accounts were accurate and not inflated ...

New ASX governance principles target culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... references to community standing and so on, which takes guidance from the Hayne Royal Commission and applied broadly to ASX companies, he added. While the principles are not mandatory, the ASX Corporate Governance Council said they take a "if not, why ...

BetaShares launches Australian ESG fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
Following on from its global offering, BetaShares has launched an exchange-traded fund targeting ASX companies meeting specific sustainability criteria. The BetaShares Australian Sustainability ETF, traded under the ticker code FAIR, screens out ASX ...

Diversity among ASX companies slowly improves

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Just over one quarter (26%) of non-executive directors of Australia's top 200 companies are female, an increase of 4% from 2013, according to new research by KPMG Australia for the ASX Education and Research Program. The KPGM report, which began in ...

Super performs well in board gender diversity index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... message is starting to hit home in a number of important areas in the economy - in particular superannuation and ASX companies - but unfortunately not with some Governments," Women on Boards director Claire Braund said. "It's hard not to conclude that ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... The shortlist Elaine Prior, Citi Research, Unburnable Carbon - A Catalyst for Debate Elaine Prior, Citi Research, ASX Companies: Bribery & Corruption Risk Sandra McCullagh, Credit Suisse, Australian ESG/SRI AGM Series Sandra McCullagh, Paul McTaggart ...

Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Superannuation funds must better engage with the boards of listed companies in order to bring a longer-term perspective to their decisions, according to the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA). In a new paper entitled, 'Improving engagement between ...

ASX companies fall short on corruption disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Australian listed companies are not properly addressing potential corruption and bribery issues of their employees, a study revealed, amid one of Australia's biggest mining company's being forced to defend itself against corruption allegations. CAER ...

ASX companies lag on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
A Reputex report has revealed four out of five Australian listed companies are risking their profit-generating potential by not adopting climate change policies. Using a scale from -1, representing the lowest score and +1, the highest possible score ...