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VFMC appoints head of investment stewardship

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... in the role. Williams joined VFMC in February 2020 from Morrow Sodali where she served as special counsel, corporate governance. Prior to that she spent more than 11 years at UniSuper in governance and sustainable investment. She left VFMC to work as ...

Rest awards responsible investment mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... with Rest. "As a pioneer in responsible investing, we recognised decades ago that strong environmental, social and governance practices can have positive implications for corporate performance," Eames said. "We look forward to working with Rest to deliver ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... general counsel at Glass Lewis said. "The new rules were unwarranted and did not promote a healthy system of corporate governance." CPA Australia general manager external affairs, policy and advocacy Jane Rennie welcomed the vote and said that the reforms ...

Mine unions pressure funds over Rio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... shareholders super funds have a key role in guiding Rio Tinto's corporate behaviour and setting a high expectation for governance of the organisation. "We encourage you to challenge Rio Tinto's leadership and ask what concrete steps they are taking to ...

Retirement Income Covenant, CCIV reforms pass

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... described it as "a gamechanger for Australian funds management in the Asia region". "Given our enviable social, legal and governance environment, Australia has the potential to be a regional leader in investment management. The CCIV regime will support ...

AMIST criticised for SPC investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... raise in any way. The group called for AMIST to divest SPC or remove Peregrine from leadership, raising concerns about governance. Due to their investments in SPC, AMIST chief executive and chief investment officer Murray Rutherford and Peregrine managing ...

Boards still lagging on diversity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... boards as they steered their organisations through the COVID-19 crisis have irrevocably impacted so many aspects of governance," Deloitte Australia chair Tom Imbesi said. "This report outlines several specific and actionable measures for chairs to become ...

Economics Committee to examine rainy day funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... increase their fees," he said. The committee will also hear from UNSW associate professor Scott Donald, who specialises in governance within the superannuation sector. "While the regulators will be an important focus of the committee at this hearing ...

Synchron appoints compliance lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... Osborne holds Masters' qualifications in both commerce (majoring in financial planning) and law (majoring in enterprise governance). He also holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation and has been a director and responsible manager for several ...

New operations chief for advice tech start-up

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... continue to grow and gain momentum, we want our clients and business partners to be confident that the right structure, governance and processes are in place to ensure ongoing investment in our solutions and client proposition."