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Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... because institutional share owners are busy with voting lodgement in the 28 day period from the notice to institutional shareholders of an AGM to the votes being collated and outcomes determined. The report concluded it would be better if companies engaged ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... to verifying that votes were processed correctly because there is no way of seeing if the number of votes voted by shareholders tally with the number of votes tabled at a general meeting. Vas Kolesnikoff, CEO of the Australian Shareholders Association ...

ACSI recommend against News Corp board re-election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... governance practice and fails to provide safeguards to ensure that the company is run in the best interests of its shareholders," Byrne said. ACSI, a collaborative body representing superannuation funds with a collective AU$250bn in assets under management ...

Companies increasing remuneration report transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... to explain remuneration practices, a result of the government's new "two strikes and you're out" test empowering shareholders to dump a board of directors, according to AMP Capital Investors. The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... governance is something you can touch and see, you can look at a remuneration report and decide if it's fair to the shareholders as well, whereas a company's environmental policies or the workplace practices are more subjective. The industry really needs ...

ASX100 CEO pay increases faster than stock value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... major concern as paying CEOs cash bonuses and high cash salaries protects them from the volatility experienced by shareholders." The ACSI report found that median fixed pay in 2010 rose just under 1% to AU$1.823m and average fixed pay fell, but the median ...

James Thier retires from Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the returns - the returns follow the ethics." See Also: Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment Woodside shareholders reject carbon disclosure resolution

AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... environment; we also think about our responsibilities to all our stakeholders - our employees, our customers, our shareholders, and the community." AGL's disclosure of risks and opportunities related to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions has ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... annual reports, with clear identification of ESG risks specific to the company and mitigation intentions to assure shareholders on how the company deals with those issues. ACSI's guidelines call for disclosure on how companies' management of ESG issues ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Institute of Company Directors, Chartered Secretaries Australia, Group of 100, Business Council of Australia, Australian Shareholders Association, fund managers, superannuation funds and research houses. See Also: ACSI releases study on ASX200 ESG re ...

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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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