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Persistent and increasing bonus pay pushes up ASX100 remuneration: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... upcoming reporting season. If they're not transparent and reflective of performance, we will be recommending that our members vote against those remuneration reports." ACSI again noted that there are too few female CEOs in the ASX200 to analyse gender ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
A strong majority of Australian superannuation have their full board or board committees overseeing environmental, social and corporate governance risks and opportunities, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Super ...

Climate-related shareholder resolutions put to Rio Tinto, QBE AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... of England Pensions Board and the $69 billion Seventh Swedish National Pension Fund (AP7). The resolution received 18.03% vote in favour (over 20% including abstentions). Meanwhile, a second resolution was put to insurer QBE at its May 3 AGM, calling ...

BHP Billiton to maintain membership in US Chamber of Commerce

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... area of increasing concern for investors, and we think that will be demonstrated through the Rio Tinto engagement and the vote on that in May in Australia and this is certainly an issue that isn't going away," O'Brien said.

Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... with shareholder resolutions is to signal to the board that these issues are a concern to investors. It's not necessarily a vote against them, but it is a concern and we'd like that to be addressed. It's not just raising the point and forgetting about ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... our stocks - it's not just in the US, even more so in Europe. That's a process for us as well. Our view is where should we vote, where should we be voting our stocks, we should pull them all back if we can." The $9.2 billion Vision Super identified issues ...

ACSI publishes revised Governance Guidelines, includes new ESG themes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... as much as is possible, transparency around what goes into our decision-making processes when we decide how we're going to vote or engage on ESG issues." The guidelines state that directors should monitor environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
Investors and boards of listed companies are neither friends nor foes, but their interest align in differing ways over time, and this requires an array of engagement approaches to achieve desired outcomes. This is the conclusion of a panel of engagement ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Sageser said. "We see a tremendous amount of potential, not just because fixed income markets are so big, but while you can't vote proxies, as you do as an equities owner, as a fixed income investor, companies certainly listen to what you have to say. ...

ACSI publishes report calling for introduction of non-binding shareholder resolutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... meetings." Currently, shareholders who wish to raise issues at annual general meetings must propose a constitutional amendment or vote against the re-election of directors. It is rare that either situation succeeds in garnering a majority of shareholder ...