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ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... and the Corporate Governance Code], the first thing that many Japanese companies have been picking up is paying more dividends, which has led to a big rerating of many companies." On the investor side, the introduction of the Stewardship Code has also ...

Utilities sector face material ESG issues: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... profound changes occurring, and investors have historically loved utilities because of their stability and their juicy dividends. We do foresee that changing." See Also: Sustanalytics considering expansion into Australia

Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... disclose taxes other than consumption taxes and personal income taxes, royalties, fees, production entitlements, bonuses, dividends other than dividends paid to ordinary shareholders and infrastructure improvement payments. The legislation does not specify ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... there's no change. Most of the exclusions are small companies in which we're not interested because they don't have high dividends and/or they aren't well established." AGL Energy, Origin Energy, Santos and Wesfarmers will remain investible despite having ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... "We are seeing that investment by government, by banks, by us and by other organisations are starting to yield some dividends." NAB highlighted in its report that of the total number of financially excluded Australians, 35% are young people aged 18 to ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... adjusted, earnings figures which shield executive incentive plans from costs incurred by the company; the payment of dividends to executives on unvested - and therefore unearned -incentive shares; retention payments made without a clear, or robust, rationale ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... average score of 3.13. "A high level of confidence in non-takeover capital management activities such as placements, dividends and buy-backs may reflect institutional investor satisfaction with Australia's capital raising system, which advantages institution-friendly ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... capitalisation. "Within both of those screened universes, we have a disproportionate emphasis on stocks that pay strong dividends," Thomas said. "It's not by choice - it's just the way it falls out of the screening preference. Those stocks have done ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... cash fund rate. On the equities and growth funds side, we're more focused on blue chip organisations with sustainable dividends. The thing about the dividends is that not for profits have the ability to get a refund on franking credits. When dividends ...

PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... shareholders for retaining their shares over a longer time period. Loyalty rewards are instruments including loyalty dividends, warrants or additional voting rights that reward shareholders for retaining their shares for longer. The report is in response ...