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ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... could be a very big issue when they've got 10% or 20%." New research from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which analysed the voting records of the nation's 50 largest superannuation funds, found only 22 fund published ...

Fund manager names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... Investment Managers affiliates, it's a natural progression to appoint a dedicated chief executive officer with responsibility for oversight of all the firm's business activities." Yesterday, Natixis Investment Managers announced that Louise Watson ...

HESTA chief joins ICGN board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... Association. "ICGN's mission is absolutely critical to ensure that companies and investors alike act with a shared responsibility for improving the sustainability of our global markets and economies, Blakey said. "HESTA is committed to the principles ...

Retail, corporate funds lack transparency on ESG votes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... environmental, social and governance matters, new research shows. According to the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which analysed the voting records of the nation's 50 largest superannuation funds, found only 22 fund published ...

State Super hires DC investments executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... joined State Super on September 1 and will also become part of the executive team. His new role sees him taking responsibility for the defined contributions portfolio and working closely with fund managers, investment consultants and the custodian to ...

Praemium rejigs executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
The platform has given its chief commercial officer responsibility of business strategy and promoted its head of distribution to the executive leadership team. Praemium's chief commercial officer Mat Walker will now oversee business strategy in addition ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... consequences of failure to meet them. State Street global head of ESG Richard Lacaille pointed out that for this reason, responsibility cannot fall to the finance sector alone - policy changes are needed to force private companies to do the right thing ...

Binance Australia appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... commitment to compliance and best practice," he said. "As the market leader in the digital asset space, we have a responsibility to be involved in helping to shape the growth of our industry and this means prioritising engagement and conversations with ...

ASX 100 missing key reporting metric: ACCR

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
A new report from the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility has raised serious governance concerns with ASX 100 companies in relation to contractors. ACCR found that Australian listed companies remain opaque about their labour hire, contracting ...

BlackRock adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... the rejig, James Kingston took on the expanded role of head of iShares Australasia while maintaining his current responsibility as head of APAC portfolio analysis & solutions. BlackRock head of wealth and banks Chantal Giles has been appointed to the ...