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Standard Life Inv steps up shareholder activism

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... investment manager Standard Life Investments has said it is enjoying the benefits of new regulations which promote shareholder activism. In 2013 regulators around the world introduced new laws and regulations designed to strengthen corporate governance ...

Shareholder activism at the Future Fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The increasingly activist approach of the Future Fund has been further reinforced after it voted against all three resolutions proposed at the Telstra AGM on Friday. The fund's board of governors voted against a proposal to appoint Nora Scheinkestel ...

Open letter to trusted trustees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... beneficiaries of the massive transfer of wealth away from retail and offshore investors. But sooner or later, lack of shareholder activism on their part will come back to haunt them. "Super investors can't afford to be willfully blind about the unfairness ...

Powerwrap to ease corporate actions hassles

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
Shareholder activism is not new, but a boutique outfit has come up with a faster and easier way for retail investors to have their say heard in the boardroom. Managed account services provider Powerwrap yesterday launched a new direct equities administration ...

Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
Super fund and investment manager activism against listed company boards is misdirected, according to a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), Lynn Ralph, managing director at Cameron Ralph ...

Time to buy Aus shares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... bullish on Australian equities, but true to the firm's name, he stressed the need for proper stock research and shareholder activism to gain long-term growth. "A manager's focus on shareholder activism and corporate governance results in outperformance ...

Integrity Australian Share rated 'recommended'

... Standard interview that the fund aims to deliver investment returns through a focus on after-tax investing and shareholder activism. Michelle Baltazar

Fund managers must raise benchmarks

... better off investing on the index. But Fiani puts a case for active managers when he said that it is through shareholder activism of actively managed funds, such as Integrity, that ensures the investors get the best price for corporate deals. "Here's ...

SFE claims first ASX scalp

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... executive officer, Richard Gilbert, welcomed the merger development but said they were not involved in any shareholder activism. "This is the result of a series of developments and IFSA hasn't been a part of that. These are things we leave to our members ...

CalPERS boss given marching orders

... statement follows on from a growing backlash in some sectors of the US market over the growing influence of shareholder activism and the actions of CalPERS over the past few years. However business groups and the California branch of the Republican Party ...