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MySuper portfolio winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... has outperformed its peers to return 7% per annum in the three years to June. According to Rainmaker's June 2020 RiskMetrics report, UniSuper achieved the highest three-year return (but with the third highest volatility of 9.1% per annum) while REI ...

MSCI Australia executive director departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... Partners and a head of risk for less than a year after he left the CBA role. MSCI's ANZ product lines include Barra and Riskmetrics, IPD, ESG and other indexes.

ISS co-founder leaves proxy advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... interests," he said. ISS has had various ownership changes. ISS acquired Proxy Australia, then it was acquired by RiskMetrics, which was this year bought by MSCI for more than $1.7 billion. The firm is a major player in the proxy advice industry, currently ...

BNY hires insto BDM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... business in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Prior to joining the firm, Phillips worked at RiskMetrics Group in Singapore as director, Asia Pacific, wherein he assisted sovereign wealth funds (SWF) and other large institutional ...

Open letter to trusted trustees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... raisings and deals that ultimately destroy shareholder value, said a governance expert. Dean Paatsch, director at RiskMetrics, gave a candid and, at times, very confronting speech at the CMSF this week about how some trustees have failed their members ...

MSCI buys RiskMetrics

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
MSCI has bought risk management and corporate governance researcher, RiskMetrics, in a cash and stock transaction worth more than A$1.7 billion, but a RiskMetrics spokesperson said it's business as usual in Australia. The index provider bought RiskMetrics ...

Director pay rise trend will slow: RiskMetrics

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
RiskMetrics does not expect director pay to rise by the same amount it did during last year, after a study found the median S&P/ASX 100 non-executive director chairperson received $396,880, up more than 10 per cent in 2008. The study, commissioned by ...

RiskMetrics buys Innovest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
RiskMetrics Group has bought global sustainability researcher, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. Innovest Strategic Value Advisors client base represents $10 trillion in assets under management and specialises in analysing companies' performance on ...

Short selling flaw lies in disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... encouraging true stock prices," said Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law said at the Riskmetrics Group Australia Governance Conference. Senator Sherry said the key issue is the disclosure surrounding what's being short-sold ...

Take governance seriously or lose investor support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... unnecessary conflicts of interests, which should in reality be easy to handle, said Martin Lawrence, lead analyst for Riskmetrics ISS Governance Services. But causing the biggest concern is company annual general meetings (AGM) that conduct non-binding ...
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