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AEI shareholders fight off board changes

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... company could not survive." The shareholder group calling for the board spill was not, however, able to obtain support from voting blocks that included institutional shareholders. "They didn't get that many votes outside their own block, so shareholders ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... should the Eurozone's outlook worsens. And it wasn't only Signor Draghi beating the drum of stimulation last night, FOMC voting member and Fed Bank of Atlanta president Dennis Lockhard was at it too. "Should it become clear that something resembling ...

Government responds to proxy vote concerns

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... the Act addresses conflicts of interest in the remuneration setting process by prohibiting key management personnel from voting on remuneration matters. An exception was provided in the act where shareholders could give an undirected proxy to the chair ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... newspapers would be tough due to soft advertising markets. News Corp shares were up 66 cents at $19.94, while the company's non-voting stock was 62 cents higher at $19.65. Singapore Telecommunications' owned telco Optus said net profit for fiscal 2012 ...

US retains World Bank leadership

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... also said prior to the vote that the US nominee would win and that the appointment was not being decided on merit. "It is voting with political weight and shares and therefore the United States will get it," said Okonjo-Iweala at a briefing on the country's ...

FSC makes move on fund governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... disclosure of remuneration, conflicts of interest, environmental, social and corporate governance considerations and proxy voting. More specifically, super funds must have an independent chair and the majority of directors must be independent, directors ...

ASIC wants more pay disclosure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... also surveyed on management of new exclusions that prohibit key management personnel (KMP) and closely related parties voting on adoption of the remuneration report for the purposes of providing some guidance to the chair of annual general meetings. ...

Triple engagement but 17 firms get first strike

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... over 1800 resolutions at 365 company meetings. Of those, AMP Capital either voted against, or specifically abstained from voting on around 27% of resolutions due to issues around disclosure, remuneration, correlation between pay and performance and incentive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... further hurdles and delays before it can receive a second, 130-billion-euro ($A161.3 billion) bailout in spite of its MPs voting through more austerity measures in the face of violent protests. ATHENS - Firefighters have been dousing smouldering buildings ...

Fidelity backs move to empower shareholders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... Cameron. The PM said the government was committed to introducing regulations whereby shareholders would be "empowered" through voting on executives remuneration agreements. "The absolute key, what does need to happen and what will happen is clear transparency ...