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Vale Charlie Munger

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... Auscap Asset Management founder Tim Carleton echoed Robertson's statement. "At the Berkshire Hathaway annual general meetings, Munger and Buffett would spend many hours keeping tens of thousands of attendees entertained listening to their thoughts ...

Link profit slips

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... in FY21 equating to 31% of group revenue. The division benefited from the increased demand for virtual annual general meetings. Operating EBIT was down 21% to $141 million and operating NPATA of $113 million for FY21, which included a $32.7 million contribution ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... recklessness or negligence" in updating the market on price-sensitive information. It also extended virtual annual general meetings -- which were introduced during COVID -- to 31 March 2022. The allowance includes sending shareholder materials and signing ...

Virtual company meetings to stay

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... on March 21. Back in March, ASIC said it was taking a "no action" position on companies holding their annual general meetings via videoconferencing.

ASIC okay with virtual AGMs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
The corporate regulator will take a "no action" position on companies holding their annual general meetings via videoconferencing as the COVID protections lapse. ASIC's no action position will: support the holding of meetings using appropriate technology ...

Gender doesn't influence company returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... period of the study, non-executive directors who sought endorsement or re-election from shareholders at Annual General Meetings received an average vote of 96% in favour," it said. "There was little meaningful difference in the board turnover rates between ...

Japanese bank makes major voting blunder

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... operational blunder, after it failed to count 3.4 million postal votes for nearly 1000 companies ahead of their annual general meetings. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SuMi TRUST Bank) admitted to the major miscount after its client Toshiba Corporation ...

Frydenberg amends Corporations Act

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... financial stress over the coming months. The changes, enacted from May 5, allow companies to hold virtual Annual General Meetings, as well as permitting the digital execution of documents over the coming six months. "Throughout this health crisis it ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... customer service representative then linked to press releases, including one altering the rules around Annual General Meetings. "It's all about making sure advisers can meet the needs of their clients as efficiently as possible because in times like ...

Financial regulators poised for action

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... include the cessation of requirements on listed companies associated with secondary capital raisings, annual general meetings and audits. ASIC will also work with financial institutions in an effort to "further accelerate" the payment of outstanding ...
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