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Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... strike in the prior year, they're more engaged and more likely to be proactive in engagement with shareholders and proxy advisers," Murphy said. "Part of Georgeson's business is to foreshadow to companies how big investors and proxy advisers are likely ...

AustralianSuper rejects latest Brookfield overture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... towards Net Zero by 2050 is not a lack of capital but rather a shortage of good quality investment opportunities." Proxy advisers including ISS, Glass Lewis and Ownership Matters have recommended in favour of the bid. The offer needs 75% of shareholders ...

Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... drowning in a sea of requests from investors, it's actually good. Shareholders should ask these questions." "Proxy advisers have incredible perceived power and investors are allowing them to make decisions... we have to work to bridge that gap of ...

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 ...

Labor election pledge on YFYS performance test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... the government has put the car in reverse on these issues. Their war on corporate transparency through a tax on proxy advisers, and winding back on director liability are just two examples where there has been a deliberate attempt to put the car in reverse." ...

Proxy adviser reforms overturned by Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Laws Amendment (Greater Transparency of Proxy Advice) Regulations 2021 started on 7 February, and required all proxy advisers to gain a new type of Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) financial services license and will be required to share ...

Proxy advisers assess impacts of government reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Proxy advisers are grappling with the implications of reforms announced last month, saying that the changes will introduce operational risks and could force a rethink of how they provide services. Beginning 7 February, all proxy advisers must hold a ...

Proxy advisers criticise new government reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Proxy advisers and advocacy bodies including the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have criticised new rules governing proxy advice that will commence in February 2022. Beginning 7 February, all proxy advisers must hold a financial ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... seeking divestment, regulatory guidance on managing climate risk, and proposed legislation that may limit access to proxy advisers, according to the chair of Spirit Super. Naomi Edwards, chair of Spirit Super, the $23 billion merged Tasplan and MTAA ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Media and Webjet. "After the changes came in, we engaged with ASIC and the ASX as well as with investment banks, proxy advisers and investment representative groups," Singh said. "Our concern was these placements, even allowing for the pressures of COVID ...
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