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US attorneys general call out proxy advisers for "woke" agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
A coalition of US Republican states attorneys general have sent a letter to two proxy voting advisers, warning them over ESG-related recommendations to their states' investment vehicles including pension funds. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and ...

US states sue Biden administration over "woke" ESG rules

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... clarifies the ways in which ESG and climate change can be integrated into investment decisions like asset allocation and proxy voting by so-called ERISA funds, which are private workplace-based pension plans. The new rule change, which was announced ...

US Dept of Labor green-lights ESG integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... clarifies the ways in which ESG and climate change can be integrated into investment decisions like asset allocation and proxy voting by so-called ERISA funds, which are private workplace-based pension plans. The new rule change clarifies that a fiduciary's ...

CareSuper, Yarra Capital fill ESG roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Tranotis will work with head of ESG Claire Molinari to manage the fund's net zero program, engagement program and proxy voting activities, reports sister publication Industry Moves. He joins from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors ...

Missouri pulls BlackRock mandate in anti-ESG move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... political agenda that has failed to succeed legislatively, on publicly traded companies." In June, the board removed proxy voting power from asset managers including BlackRock. This is just the latest move taken by state Republican elected officials ...

ASX sees first strike against remuneration report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... institutional investors such as super funds are more likely to recall loaned shares to exercise voting rights in line with proxy voting policies/ In the decade since the introduction of the "two-strikes rule" in 2011, more institutional investors are ...

Super funds more likely to recall shares for proxy votes: research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Institutional investors such as super funds are more likely to recall loaned shares to exercise voting rights in line with proxy voting policies, research has found. In the decade since the introduction of the "two-strikes rule" in 2011, more institutional ...

Florida gov bans ESG from state pension investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... whimsical notions of a utopian tomorrow." In December 2021, DeSantis and the two other SBA trustees internalised proxy voting authority from external managers. The policy passed this week provides "guidance to the SBA employees now responsible for proxy ...

Avoid greenwash by linking exec pay to ESG: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... and highlighted the work of Georgia Hall, an ESG analyst on the global listed infrastructure fund in developing a proxy voting strategy. In the second quarter of 2022 alone, Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure voted against 31% of executive ...

Alexis Cheang joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Investment stewardship policy and ongoing management of the five stewardship pillars - portfolio integration of ESG, proxy voting, engagement with investee entities, industry collaboration, and transparency/disclosure - and embedding this throughout ...