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Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... bank - we have to adhere to it. They're the right thing to do, the regulators demand it, and there is scrutiny from shareholders and media. The second part of that is for these businesses to be sustainable, you're going to have to have proper food quality. ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Global Compact To grapple with these issues as well as understand the relative balance of stakeholders including shareholders, companies must integrate sustainability across their strategic business agenda and into specific board committees, said Rosemary ...

AMP Capital calls for value link to executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... except to say that different sectors do it differently, and it's really raising more questions for us and for other shareholders and companies to look at." Meanwhile, AMP Capital reported that during 2015, AMP Capital submitted votes on 1453 resolutions ...

Australian Ethical FUM AU$1.4bn for second half of 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... that that's deliverable and ethical investing is no longer a single-issue campaign driven issue." In a briefing to shareholders, Australian Ethical reported that for the half year to 31 December 2015, the company had a net profit after tax of AU$1.5 ...

ACSI, TIAA-CREF engage on "show of hands" AGM voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... thirds" improved practices, with most of that percentage moving to poll voting for all resolutions. "TIAA-CREF believes shareholders in all global markets should have the right to vote in proportion to their economic stake and that each share of common ...

Governance Institute issues guide for political donation policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... there is also reputational risk to making political donations - Fox noted that shareholder groups such as Australian Shareholders Association question political donations at companies' annual general meetings or in shareholder engagement meetings. Companies ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Report. "As a shareholder, I wrote to the auditor of each company, posing questions.... This is another signal that shareholders want to see compliance with the law and we wanted to know that the auditors had made sure that there were procedures in place ...

Women, generational change coming to ASX boards: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... directors that have holdings that are overweight relative to an index tracker benchmark, or who are large minority shareholders or company founders. ACSI does not have a quantified amount of shares that directors must hold, but emphasised that having ...

ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... its proponents and (if the board recommends a vote 'against') to explain publicly why its position better serves shareholders' long term interests." ACSI states in its policies that shareholders should not have to meet "unduly difficult thresholds to ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... chairman." An effective board skills matrix will have the effect of attracting the correct director candidates and assure shareholders about composition as well as demonstrate for regulators the degree of board independence and appropriate skills, Murdoch ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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