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HESTA first super fund to oppose AGL demerger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... fund HESTA will vote against a proposed demerger of energy utility AGL, becoming the first super fund to state their proxy voting intentions in public. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger, as reported in sister ...

US SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... impact(s) they seek to achieve and summarize their progress on achieving those impacts." Further, funds that apply proxy voting or other engagement with issuers as a significant means of implementing their ESG strategy would be required to disclose information ...

ASX boards need to "quickly evolve" on ESG skills: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... gain access to a wider pool of director talent, according to Melior Investment Management. Melior is evolving their proxy voting principles and this year is increasing their focus on board composition, advocating for clearer disclosures around directors ...

Investor backing for Say on Climate votes: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... funds and found that 20 were shareholders in companies that held Say on Climate votes in 2021, and disclosed their proxy voting records for these resolutions. The Australian superannuation funds included Active Super, AMP, AustralianSuper, Aware Super ...

The value of knowing what you own

MARY JANE MCQUILLEN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... value added by those integrating financial and sustainability analysis and pursuing impact through engagement and proxy voting. With the accelerated global investment allocations to sustainability strategies, regulatory bodies have stepped in to clarify ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... discretion to the manager.... They're not managing retail money. A lot of the protections that are given under a proxy voting and the Corporations Act and a lot of the governance models we have are largely designed to protect retail investors, not sophisticated ...

Stakeholder capitalism key to long-term returns: Fink

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... capitalism." With that in mind, Fink announced that BlackRock is using technology to give investors greater access to proxy voting at company AGMs. "We now offer this option to certain institutional clients, including pension funds that support 60 million ...

ASX companies in SSGA's sights over climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... meet these expectations." SSGA will also expand their focus on diversity to include race and ethnicity. In the 2022 proxy voting season, SSGA will take voting action against responsible directors in S&P500 and FTSE100 companies that do not have a person ...

Proxy advisers assess impacts of government reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... reports must be provided to companies. In addition to the benchmark report on each company in the ASX300 that provides proxy voting advice, ISS also provides reports tailored to clients' specific proxy voting policies, which can be on a specific ...

Alphinity highlights sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... actual risk to the business and how do these different issues fit into the risks." Alphinity provided reporting on its proxy voting and disclosed major shareholdings in the portfolios as well. The fund manager reported that they conducted 76 "tailored ...