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Less might be more in ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
A new study from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has revealed companies which received a single ESG-related shareholder proposal had a higher median sustainability improvement compared to those with many proposals. The impact of the first ESG-related ...

Japanese bank makes major voting blunder

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
One of Japan's largest providers of shareholder services has admitted to a major operational blunder, after it failed to count 3.4 million postal votes for nearly 1000 companies ahead of their annual general meetings. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SuMi ...

CAER sold to global service provider

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... by an international consultancy which specialises in governance and responsible investment. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced its acquisition of the Canberra-based Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER) this morning. CAER - whose ...

New owner at Strategic Insight

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... research house Strategic Insight has been acquired in a deal expected to close soon. The buyer is Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a company speciaising in responsible investment and governance solutions. The transaction's value was not revealed. ...

Industry veteran joins RBC, targets Australian growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... coverage team which has also recently hired Geert Pick, managing director, global head of product management, shareholder services and Aneet Shah, managing director, head of global client experience. In March this year, RBC I&TS won a custody and administration ...

OneVue appoints fund services COO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... of roles, and was most recently the head of funds operations. He also served as the head of the European shareholder services based in London before moving to Australia in 2006 to help transform the local asset management business. Fund services executive ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... cent, to $32.03, while Rio Tinto had backpedalled $2.35, or 4.13 per cent, to $54.55. Making news on Monday, shareholder services provider Computershare has paid $US10 million ($A9.57 million) to buy a quarter stake in a US-based company. Computershare ...

RBC appoints director of client operations

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... Hogan will assume responsibility for managing client operations including custody, fund administration and shareholder services, ensuring client satisfaction and maintenance of the firms' high service standards. Hogan will also join RBC Investor Services ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... executive Alan Joyce is scheduled to address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Sydney. Shareholder services group Computershare's shares rose by 25 cents to $7.79 after it announced that its full year profit has fallen 41 per cent ...

Standard Life selects RBC Dexia

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... Life Investments hired RBC Dexia Investor Services to provide global custody, investment administration and shareholder services to the firm's Australian-domiciled fund. James Cooper, country head for Australia at Standard Life Investments, said RBC ...