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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 ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... allocated AU$10m to Social Enterprise Finance Australia (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 ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... "that enhance the ability of corporate directors to ensure long-term, sustainable performance for the benefit of shareholders and other stakeholders," educating around the benefits and values of exemplary boardroom leadership, and "amplify[ing] the voices ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Generation Foundation are investigating the concept of loyalty rewards, instruments designed to reward corporate shareholders for retaining their shares over a longer time period. Helga Birgden Loyalty rewards are instruments including loyalty dividends ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a motion demanding retailer Woolworths Limited to put $1 maximum bet limits on the poker machines they operate, but engagement advisers and active institutional investors say they do not believe the issue is dead ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... remuneration. She attributed some of the increased engagement to the impact of the two-strikes rule, under which shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... to design global equities portfolios that do not invest in companies that are "unwilling or unable to engage with shareholders to improve their business practices," according to a statement from Hermes. "These companies are included on an exclusion list ...