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Australian Ethical Investment board director resigns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... foreshadowed at the November 2012 AGM. Hickey was re-elected as director at the November 2012 AGM, but she advised shareholders at the time that she would not serve a full term and the timing of her resignation would depend on the appointment of new ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Woolworths Limited to put $1 maximum bet limits on the poker machines they operate. At the November EGM, only 2.5% of shareholders backed the proposal - 13,708,074 votes to 529,131,129, according to media reports. The vote meant asking investors, including ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... sufficiency of corporate assessment of the financial consequences of climate change and the adequacy of disclosures to shareholders of the effects of climate change on the corporation," the report notes. The report notes that of the ASX Corporate Governance ...

Australian Ethical puts tobacco resolution to TOMRA AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... received support from Rathbone Greenbank Investments and Triodos Investment Management as well as other institutional shareholders, Vernon said. "It was interesting to note that many investors weren't aware that they were exposed to the tobacco industry ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... matches private investment. SEDIF allocated AU$10m to SEFA, and SEFA brought another AU$10m through its founding shareholders, which also include the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, Community Sector Banking and private individuals and foundations ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... don't pay performance fees. We don't pay salary performance bonuses. We're not trying to balance the interests of shareholders with investors, we're not trying to carve up a pie of money to give to distributors or key staff. It's a social enterprise ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... performance by using integrated reporting models. Ambachtsheer also touched on the idea of loyalty rewards to long-term shareholders, a topic that Mercer is currently researching. At the systemic level, there should be a focus on transaction taxes, stewardship ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance manager "It is incredible how much more notice companies are taking of shareholders' views of governance issues, particularly remuneration," said Karin Halliday, corporate governance manager at AMP Capital. ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical's board and management faced an extraordinary general meeting brought by a group of dissenting shareholders to replace the board and remove managing director Phil Vernon from his position. Australian Ethical shareholders voted down ...

PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Foundation announced they would investigate the concept of loyalty rewards, instruments designed to reward corporate shareholders for retaining their shares over a longer time period. Loyalty rewards are instruments including loyalty dividends, warrants ...