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BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... gives special consideration to environmental factors," he said. BlackRock has agreed to increase its disclosure of proxy voting practices and implement compliance measures, including audits by a third-party service to monitor adherence to the agreement's ...

Proxy advisors have 'undue influence': Jamie Dimon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... proposals are important to companies," he said. Dimon then announced that J.P. Morgan is making enhancements to its proxy voting processes to "amplify the role of portfolio managers" and to address the perception of asset managers' reliance on third-party ...

Cbus appoints head of stewardship

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... also occupied the position of director of investment stewardship in the UK, leading board ESG level engagement and proxy voting across multiple European markets and served as a director of operational risk. BlackRock informed Financial Standard that ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... clarifies the ways in which ESG and climate change can be integrated into investment decisions like asset allocation and proxy voting by so-called ERISA funds, which are private workplace-based pension plans.

Platinum Asset Management adds stewardship lead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... need to broaden the recruitment process to gain access to a wider pool of director talent. Melior has evolved its proxy voting principles and in 2022 increased their focus on board composition, advocating for clearer disclosures around directors skills ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... clarifies the ways in which ESG and climate change can be integrated into investment decisions like asset allocation and proxy voting by so-called ERISA funds, which are private workplace-based pension plans. The new rule change clarifies that a fiduciary's ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
BlackRock will allow individual investors in select mutual funds in the UK to engage in proxy voting via its technology platform Voting Choice. BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said it's clear investors don't want to sit on the ...

Citi launches digital proxy voting service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
Citi Securities Services has launched its digital proxy voting service, Vote Connect Total, in Australia and New Zealand. The tool will be provided by Proxymity and allows golden source meeting announcements and agendas to be published directly from ...

Super funds more likely to recall shares for proxy votes: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... Institutional investors, such as super funds, are more likely to recall loaned shares to exercise voting rights in line with proxy voting policies, research has found. In the decade since the introduction of the "two-strikes rule" in 2011, more institutional ...

Martin Currie introduces Aussie equities strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... 18-strong investment team." "Our team also captures our best of breed in-house fundamental ESG analysis, engagement and proxy voting, which is integrated deeply into our investment process and portfolio construction." Birtles continued, explaining that ...
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