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SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Taraporevala has issued his annual letter to boards of major global listed companies, outlining the fund manager's proxy voting agenda for 2021, and the fund manager's ongoing stewardship work. SSGA has identified lack of racial, ethnic and cognitive ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... attribution of it, and also, importantly, for example, in terms of listed equities, that idea of informing engagement and proxy voting decisions and efforts as relates to a manager." This evaluation differs, depending on the asset class, Alcock said. ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... disclosure-are consistent with what we have been advocating for through company engagements, our thought leadership, and proxy voting," said Cyrus Taraporevala, president and chief executive officer at SSGA. "...Our stewardship group engages with the ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... 133,592 proposals at 14,612 meetings, according to its stewardship report. Locally, the report on Dimensional's proxy voting activity shows against resolutions at AGMs regarding remuneration reports and the election of directors. The other primary ...

Asset owner, engagement organisation in ESG hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... property team to support the management of the fund's unlisted real estate investments. The analyst will assist with proxy voting and company engagement, and assist asset class teams in the integration of ESG into the investment management process ...

Majority of super funds not disclosing portfolio holdings: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... O'Connor also suggested that funds should increase their reporting of engagement activities with companies as well as proxy voting records. "The clock is ticking as we're heading towards mandatory disclosure," he said. "We encourage funds to ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... disclosures. This evolving mindset is expressed through BlackRock's proxy votes and announced future directions in proxy voting. BlackRock noted that they voted against management over 5,100 votes against directors vs. nearly 4,800 in the prior year. ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... researched ESG insights), with reporting transparency, without fee increases. Nor does influence of companies through proxy voting necessarily come with a cost. However, Australian super funds who press forward with more sophisticated, active ESG strategies ...

CFA Institute developing disclosure standards for ESG products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Objective: Seeks to generate a positive, measurable social or environmental impact alongside a financial return. 6. Proxy voting, Engagement and Stewardship: Uses rights and position of ownership to influence issuers' or companies' activities or behaviors. ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Slightly more than a third of Australia's 50 largest superannuation funds disclose their complete proxy voting records, and the number of funds reporting their voting record has increased from 2018-2019, according to the Australasian Centre on Corporate ...