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Future Fund voted down Pinnacle equity grants

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... to Pinnacle Investment Management's managing director Ian Macoun and two executive directors, a summary of its proxy voting for FY19 shows. Future Fund was happy to support re-election of executive director Andrew Chambers but voted against an equity ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) reveals just 11 of the 50 largest superannuation funds disclose complete proxy voting records. ACCR reviewed the disclosures of Australia's super funds' proxy voting records in 2018 and found just 11 ...

NZ Super makes transparency play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... Management. The move falls in line with Australia's Future Fund, which releases its voting record annually through a proxy voting summary. Last year Australia's largest superannuation fund AustralianSuper, released quarterly breakdowns of its voting ...

One small step for responsible investment sees one giant leap for Man Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... participate in controversial arms and munitions across all of its funds. In addition, all Man Group funds will receive 100% proxy voting, while funds that are RI-dedicated or have a certain level of RI integration will be subject to enhanced stewardship ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... the 2017 proxy season. It also voted against 581 companies in the first half of this year through several country proxy voting seasons.

SSGA wields power on gender equality

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... the event a company is too slow to take action and increase the number of women on its board, the firm will use its proxy voting power to influence change, voting against the chair of the board's nominating and/or governance committee if necessary. The ...

Custodians turn attention to CIVs and MITs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... proposed CHESS replacement, improvements in the standardisation of processing of discount securities and improvements to proxy voting automation are all on the agenda for the association. ACSA chair David Knights said 2016 was significant for the Australian ...

Board members lose independence after 12 years: CalPERS

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... are more diverse," Jones said. The principles also serve as a framework by which CalPERS executes its shareowner proxy voting responsibilities; engages public companies to achieve long-term, sustainable risk-adjusted returns; and works with internal ...

Three super funds take responsible investment gong

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... investment strategies, 75% of assets under management under those strategies, disclose their full holdings, engage in proxy voting and advocate for responsible investment throuighout the market. Under the new program, the three super funds with this ...

Mercer grows ESG team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... and Alexis brings international expertise to our global team. "In light of new industry requirements to publish a proxy voting policy and disclose voting results, Alexis will also add her expertise to our advisory work on governance, voting and engagement. ...