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Instos target governance, strategic risks in 2026

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... Code has improved the quality of engagement and outcomes, reinforcing the move toward governance fundamentals." Executive pay also remains a priority. However, Georgeson said indications that investor focus on the topic may be softening as the results ...

Shareholder pushback on exec pay eases: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Shareholder pushback against executive pay across S&P/ASX 300 companies eased slightly during 2025, although investors continued to target future remuneration through key equity grant votes, according to the Georgeson 2025 Australian AGM Review. After ...

ANZ shareholders deliver 'clear message' at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
ANZ shareholders delivered a "second strike" against the major bank's executive pay plans at the AGM with more than 32% of shareholders opposing the renumeration report. This comes after ANZ was recently hit with a record $240 million in penalties for ...

Australia emerges as corporate climate leader: MSCI

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... climate governance, with most large firms having board and management level oversight on climate issues. However, executive pay linked to climate goals remains uncommon across the region. Furthermore, alignment with regulator and investor expectation ...

ANZ docks executive pay over governance failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
ANZ's annual report revealed former chief executive Shayne Elliott and three senior executives had their financial year bonuses docked for the governance failures that led to the regulatory fines. Elliott and former retail bank boss Maile Carnegie ...

Gender diversity in corporate Australia stalling: CEW Census

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... likely to achieve balance in executive leadership roles. Conway added that companies need to tie these targets with executive pay and treat them with the same rigour as other strategic priorities. The data, however, highlights a bigger trend of gender ...

Gender diversity, overboarding top of mind for instos: Georgeson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... company AGMs still to come this year, it remains to be seen whether shareholder opposition to director elections and executive pay subsides across 2025 more broadly or remains at the heightened levels of 2023 and 2024."

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Executive pay can frequently be a contentious issue and has attracted renewed attention, as remuneration committees have awarded inflation-busting pay package increases. These have often been justified as catch-up payments following the impact of the ...

Proposals against ESG, DEI to increase: Proxy advisor

MATT TOLEDO  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Goldman Sachs shareholders recently defeated a proposal to slash the company's diversity, equity and inclusion-linked executive pay metrics, with only 2% of shares voting in favor. Another change for organisations operating in the US is that new guidance ...

Link between remuneration and sustainability grows: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... to material topics. In Australia, climate change is the topic most likely to be a sustainability target linked to executive pay. This was followed by 'own workforce' and business conduct. Typically, Australian companies have 80 or more sustainability ...
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