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AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... appointed Vanessa (Fernandes) Sullivan as a non-executive director, who has experience in climate change risk, ESG governance and low-emission industry transition. Sullivan is currently a non-executive director of Essential Energy, Eco Markets Australia ...

New deputy chief at First Sentier

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... Sentier chief executive Mark Steinberg, relocating from New York where he is currently the fund manager's head of governance, a role he's held since August 2019. Ueno previously worked with managing director for the Americas, Bachar Beaini. Prior ...

MSCI downgrades Russia's ESG rating

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... sustainability and competitiveness of its economy, ranging from AAA to CCC. MSCI's ratings methodology applies a 50% weight for governance, 25% for social, and 25% for environmental. MSCI said it believes there is still significant downside risk to Russia's ...

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 ...