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Morningstar adds ESG to analysis

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... incorporation across all asset classes and/or more than 75% of assets under management and run best-in-class engagement and proxy voting programs," Morningstar said. Morningstar said its analysts that classify a fund with a "low" rating do not believe ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... stewardship. Karin Halliday will assume the role of senior manager, ESG and investment stewardship, responsible for proxy voting, company engagement and research capabilities (including ASX Small Company research). She will be the lead point person for ...

HESTA advocates for change post Rio blast

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... The results of the program will be used to inform how the fund can enact change through shareholder resolutions or proxy voting. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said: "We are committed to engaging with companies to understand how they are managing ...

CFA Institute call for feedback on new standard

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... generate a positive, measurable social or environmental impact alongside a financial return. The last feature is proxy voting, engagement and stewardship which uses rights and position of ownership to influence issuers' or companies' activities or behaviors. ...

Cromwell fights ARA takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... asking shareholders to ignore all documents and forms sent to them by ARA, including the notice of meeting and ARA's proxy voting form.

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... investment decisions and business operations. ACCR found the group did not appear to ask members to disclose their proxy voting records. Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) chief executive Emma Herd said: "IGCC doesn't make recommendations to members ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... ratings that we use in our ESG analysis are enhanced by our active ownership approaches such as company engagement, proxy voting, and participation in collaborative engagement and industry initiatives," Welsh-Rose said. And as for external ratings from ...

SSGA to scrutinise ASX 100 directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... issues. SSGA chief executive Cyrus Taraporevala has written to board members to outline the manager's new approach to proxy voting. "Beginning this proxy season, we will take appropriate voting action against board members at companies in the S&P 500 ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... counted against it. BetaShares manages some of the ETFs used by Future Super. Future Super lists just three examples of proxy voting in the engagement strategy section of its website and does not detail on its website the exposure to each investment ...

Industry fund adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... has already divested all tobacco holdings and is now considering its policy around fossil fuels, climate change, proxy voting, remuneration, gender equality and modern slavery. The hire takes the fund's investment team to six people. The RI option ...