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Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... engage with groups such as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors and proxy advisers and institutional shareholders before annual general meetings, and advised companies of the need to disclose their actions around environmental, social and ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... with their company values as a community member, but media reports were enough to cause reaction from individual shareholders, grassroots community organisation GetUp, and a federal senator, demonstrating that the issue of poker machines and problem ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Shareholders in retailer Woolworths Limited will be asked at a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to vote on a motion demanding the company limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 bets. GetUp, the activist group behind the campaign to curb ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Shareholders of Australian Ethical have voted to keep the existing board and executive management in place, rejecting a series of resolutions put to a general meeting. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical managing director The resolutions had been brought ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... weighted? RY: I'd say that the starting point is very much governance when it comes to Asia. You've got a lot of major shareholders that are family groups or vested interests. Governance is a big starting point for us. Traditionally, over time, we've ...

Australian Ethical Investments faces EGM board spill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
A group of dissatisfied shareholders are seeking to spill the entire board of fund manager Australian Ethical Investments at an extraordinary general meeting called for 21 June. The group of shareholders, which include Timothy Xirakis, former head of ...

Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... can also raise more than that 15% by seeking shareholder approval at an annual general meeting or an EGM. "Existing shareholders shouldn't be disadvantaged by placements," said Ann Byrne, CEO of ACSI. "What they're proposing doesn't enshrine that principle." ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... (BKW) and BKW owns 42.9% of SOL); use of the cross ownership and shared directors to; entrench control of minority shareholders, the Millner; family, over both companies; lack of an independent audit committee for SOL; lack of appropriate management ...

AMP trials smartphone voting for annual general meeting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
More than 500 AMP shareholders used a smartphone to lodge their proxy votes for the company's May annual general meeting, via technology developed by their registrar, Computershare. AMP reported that more than 7,000 AMP shareholders lodged their proxy ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... rights impacts. There is also increasing pressure from stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations and shareholders, to engage with corporations on their human rights exposures and how they manage them. "There's hard law, soft law and further ...