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Australian Ethical calls out QBE over climate risk concerns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... how much of its current underwriting it expects to have to exit over the next three decades due to climate change. "Shareholders aren't getting access to the information we need and we're questioning whether board and management are making decisions ...

Macquarie AM takes over Island Green Power

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... pipeline in the UK. MAM Green Investments managing director Eric Bjonerud said: "We'd like to thank our departing co-shareholders who have supported the business this far." "We have witnessed firsthand Island Green Power's strong development ...

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... block the proposal, including hiring "a vast team of costly advisors" and initially seeking to exclude Australian shareholders from voting. "While they told shareholders a robust review would divert significant resources, they likely spent more time ...

Index investors keen on proxy voting: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... switching investment firms altogether for the ability to influence proxy voting. "At Vanguard, we believe long-term shareholders - including index fund investors - play a critical role in a healthy corporate governance ecosystem," Galloway said. "Proxy ...

Mormon Church's Alkira Farms acquires NSW assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... the long-term." The funds will be invested in new and existing opportunities, reduce debt and pay a distribution to shareholders. Warakirri Asset Management's Solterra manages the assets on behalf of Alkira Farms in Australia. Farmland Reserve, which ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... operations; apply new deferred remuneration policies; and meet notification obligations. Kitt said super members and shareholders are increasingly scrutinising corporate governance policies, and yet many boards fail to acknowledge that poor cyber security ...

Glass Lewis acquires investment stewardship platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... providing Glass Lewis with access to Esgaia's data management platform to extend engagement services between issuers and shareholders. Founded in 2021, the Esgaia cloud-based platform helps institutional investors process their issuer engagement and ...

Woodside investors urged to sack the board over dud returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... upcoming annual general meeting, arguing the board bears collective responsibility for the company's failings. The shareholders advocacy group said Woodside's board has failed to course-correct despite its total shareholder returns trailing the ASX 100 ...

CDPQ splashes $11bn on renewable energy producer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Monique Mercier said the board unanimously concluded that the deal is in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. "We are pleased to be announcing a transaction which not only provides our shareholders with immediate liquidity at an attractive ...

Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... commercial lawyers will still encounter ESG issues," he said. For example, at Woodside's annual general meeting last year, shareholders voted on the company's Climate Transition Action Plan and 2023 Progress Report, where the corporation faced scrutiny ...