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Failing Asgard super option to close

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... fund's Choice options - Asgard SMA Funds or Managed Profiles - will be transferred to the Asgard Superannuation Account (ASA). However, for those who currently hold insurance being transferred to the ASA, they will also require a BT Super account ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... sacrifice shareholders' ability to engage with the company and raise questions. Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) called virtual AGMs a "sterile format where companies are able to ignore questions, and gloss over details".

ASIC okay with virtual AGMs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... sacrifice shareholders' ability to engage with the company and raise questions. Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) called virtual AGMs a "sterile format where companies are able to ignore questions, and gloss over details". The government ...

CBA executive pay voted in

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... this year especially our customer facing staff who have worked tirelessly," she said. Australian Shareholder Association (ASA) spokesperson Lewis Gomes said the ASA notes the significant leadership of the executive team through the year and voted in ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The next wave of fund managers is ready to leave their textbooks behind and start investing with real money. And star stockpickers of today are offering their help to an interuniversity group. Traditionally, students undertaking a commerce or business ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
A former financial services executive in the US has been charged with orchestrating a bribery scheme that saw him funnel at least $4 million to the Ghanaian government to gain their approval to build and operate an electrical power plant. The Securities ...

AXA acquires largest student housing portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
AXA Investment Managers has acquired Australia's largest student accommodation portfolio, Urbanest, on behalf of its clients as part of its Australian Student Accommodation Program joint venture (ASAP JV). The Urbanest portfolio comprises over 6800 ...

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... conference. Succeeding him will be current Shareholders Association of Australia chief executive Judith Fox. Fox has led the ASA since February 2017. Prior to this she was national director, policy and advocacy at the Governance Institute of Australia ...

ASA to vote against AMP remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
The Australian Shareholders Association is set to take a swing against AMP at the wealth manager's AGM next week. ASA will vote against AMP's remuneration report at its annual general meeting next Thursday, as it harbours ongoing concerns about culture ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... voices the objections of the firm. Argo's public posturing on the issue comes after the Australian Shareholders Association (ASA) made its own submission to the committee, adding the policy would only serve to penalise retirees who saw fit to invest ...