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Vanguard settles Texas-led coal antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... Vanguard has agreed to make the strongest passivity commitments in the industry and to empower its investors with proxy voting - a first for the industry," Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said, despite Vanguard's Investor Choice program - the largest ...

SEC criticises proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... fiduciary act of managing plan assets that are shares of corporate stock includes the voting of proxies" and that proxy voting determinations by pension plan managers are fiduciary acts that must be made for "the exclusive benefit of plan participants," ...

Fund managers cite net zero, active ownership as top focus: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
Net zero and active ownership, including proxy voting, are the top areas of responsible investment focus for fund managers, Frontier Advisors' annual survey reveals. The 83 fund managers canvassed in the 2025 What fund managers (and consultants) really ...

SSIM limits NZAM commitment

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... Street Investment Management Europe remains independent at all times in making investment decisions, developing its proxy voting and engagement policies and voting its clients' proxies," SSIM said. Australian fund managers that are signatories to NZAM ...

Cbus Super makes key ESG hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... manage the Australian Sustainable Share Fund, led engagements with company executives and board members, and managed proxy voting on behalf of all global equity teams. "Strong leadership and a shared sense of purpose create the best conditions for impact. ...

Green moves: Australian Shareholders' Association, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... manage the Australian Sustainable Share Fund, led engagements with company executives and board members, and managed proxy voting on behalf of all global equity teams. "Strong leadership and a shared sense of purpose create the best conditions for impact. ...

Proposals against ESG, DEI to increase: Proxy advisor

MATT TOLEDO  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
As market participants prepare for the 2025 proxy voting season in the US, corporate consultant ISS-Corporate, in a March report, predicted that boards will have to deal with increasingly conflicting demands from stakeholders and even more oversight ...

Index investors keen on proxy voting: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
A new survey from Vanguard reveals that investors in passive strategies increasingly want to partake in proxy voting. Of the total 1347 participants aged 18 and over who took part in the survey, 83% said it is important that asset managers consider ...

Shift away from responsible investing 'overstated': PRI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... be widely undertaken by investors, with 84% of PRI signatories including corporate sustainability issues in their proxy voting policies and guidelines. And this is done across multiple asset classes now, too. For example, 81% said they conduct stewardship ...

Green moves: RIAA, Ownership Matters, Pollination Group

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... analyst in as many weeks. Raveen Kuhadas quit the super fund to join Dean Paatsch at Ownership Matters, a boutique proxy voting advisory service and governance researcher. Kuhadas' departure follows that of Cbus' head of ESG Integration Talieh Williams ...
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