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Solaris Investment Management appoint ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Solaris Investment Management, an AU$4bn retail and institutional fund manager, has appointed Lisa Domagala as ESG specialist to the investment team. Domagala has worked with the fund since March 2010 as an ESG consultant, and her permanent appointment ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... at board and executive level on a range of ESG issues. We are also committed to advising the ASX 50 where we are going to vote against a resolution at a meeting. Q: To what extent has this direct engagement resulted in positive improvements? RM: Often ...

ASIC urges additional executive remuneration disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Australian publicly listed companies the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25 per cent or more at two consecutive annual general meetings. Under the legislation, if a majority of shareholders then ...

"Two Strikes" for directors legislation passes Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Australian publicly listed companies the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25 per cent or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under the legislation. Under the legislation, if a majority ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Woodside Petroleum, we actually had to put up a slightly harsher resolution - not an ordinary resolution, which would need a 50% vote, but a change of constitution resolution, which required 75% of the vote in favour. We were never going to get 50% anyway ...

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... the intended "two strikes and you're out" test to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25 per cent or more at two consecutive annual general meetings is under consideration in Parliament If passed, the Corporations ...

Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), a body that provides governance services to superannuation funds, recommended a vote in favour of the resolution despite not normally supporting constitutional amendments. In a guidance recommendation, ACSI ...

"Two Strikes" policy for directors over executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... the right to a "two strikes and you're out" test to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25 per cent or more at two consecutive annual general meetings under legislation introduced this week. If passed, the ...