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Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... 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 would have resulted in poorer transparency of investee companies' ...

CFS appoints new general manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... has spent the last nine years in various senior leadership roles across digital operations, customer management, and advocacy and marketing. Her most recent role was principal - customer management and loyalty. Before working for the telecommunications ...

HESTA impact lead goes it alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... Farrant leads the RI team, reporting into HESTA chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson. Last year, we expanded our advocacy team, which is now led by head of strategy Anna Claude."

Conscious IM appoints investment director

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... accommodation (SDA) and social and affordable housing and seek to maximise its impact through active involvement in policy and advocacy. Tran comes to Conscious Investment from Summer Housing, Australia's largest SDA provider, where she was the chief ...

Proxy advice reforms force transparency, AFS licensing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 DEC 2021
... charge to companies the subject of the advice." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees general manager of advocacy Mel Birks also criticised the reforms, arguing that they will drive up the cost of proxy advice which will inevitably be passed ...

Industry responds to heatmap findings

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... APRA's work to extend it further." Meanwhile, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) general manager, advocacy Mel Birks responded in unison, saying she welcomed the release of the first Choice heatmap, and supports the increased transparency ...

New role for Cbus' Robbie Campo

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
In addition to her role as group executive for brand, engagement, advocacy and product at Cbus, Robbie Campo has taken on a board position with the Integrated Reporting Framework. Campo is an advocate for the benefits of integrated reporting, a form ...

New LGBTIQ investment option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... partnered with an LGBTIQ rights organisation to provide consumers with a way to invest in line with their values. LGBTIQ advocacy group OutRight Action International has partnered with the Newday Impact Investing app. "When investors invest in Newday's ...

FPA overcharges members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... hearing where most of its fees are spent. "We've got administration costs around membership systems, but a lot of it is advocacy-both our advocacy with government and regulators and also our advocacy with members, explaining the changes that they ...

Australian philanthropy awards winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... for his significant and enduring contributions to rural and regional Australia, as well as his passionate support and advocacy for organisations involved in education, arts and culture. Ann Johnson, co-chair of Philanthropy Australia, said there were ...