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CEO pay disparity seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... performance of corporations are expressed through challenges to executive salary and non-binding votes on remuneration reports are a way shareholders to express dissatisfaction with a range of corporate performance." CEOs are seen as the most influential ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... on this on a global basis, this is particularly carried out in Australia through engagement and votes on remuneration reports. BlackRock has also sharpened and evolved its views on climate risk, including asking companies to disclose to the guidelines ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... prior to any divestment of fossil fuel companies. That engagement can include voting against director or remuneration reports of a company fails to meet expectation; opposing corporate divestments of fossil fuel assets, and mergers and acquisitions ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Locally, the report on Dimensional's proxy voting activity shows against resolutions at AGMs regarding remuneration reports and the election of directors. The other primary area where it lodged dissenting votes was for the adoption of "changes to ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... with portfolio companies in 2019, Singh said, usually having to do with pushing for greater transparency in remuneration reports. Dimensional set up in Australia in 1994, initially as an Asia Pacific trading office for the US business. From 1999, it ...

Median CEO bonus payout near record high: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... clawback provisions where there has been poor performance." Companies that received a first strike on their remuneration reports at the 2018 AGMs have also engaged more with investors, with a second strike vote potentially looming for this year. "We ...

Persistent and increasing bonus pay pushes up ASX100 remuneration: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... 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 pay equality. There are four women who ...

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... vote. It's an entry mechanism to raise the issue without an extraordinary general meeting." The structure of remuneration reports is another strong theme of this AGM season, Paatsch said. "The third theme is the old chestnut - pay for performance," he ...

Directors speak to evolving, expanding role of corporate boards at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... encouraged investors to follow through on threats to spill a board if they receive two strikes against two remuneration reports, saying that it will force other boards to "get tough" in setting objectives and incentive structures. Dwyer said that she ...

AMP Capital on value of non-financial performance measures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... meetings held, and AMP voted on 1156 resolutions. They opposed 7% of resolutions and voted against 13% of remuneration reports. AMP Capital noted that the 2016 proxy season saw "a high number of strikes against remuneration reports" but AMP's "more supportive ...