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HESTA confirms bid for Ramsay Health Care

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Industry super fund HESTA has announced it is part of a consortium led by KKR to acquire Ramsay Health Care. At the time of writing, Ramsay Health Care's share price rose 2.45% following the HESTA announcement. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... is a part of their fiduciary duty as investors with a longer-term perspective, and 57% see it as part of maximising shareholder value in investee companies. Key themes of engagement with companies include the net zero transition, cyber security, and ...

US SEC proposes rules for climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... that may affect financial performance. Today's proposal thus is driven by the needs of investors and issuers." US shareholder advocacy group As You Sow welcomed the announcement. "The new climate disclosure rule is truly a watershed moment in responding ...

ESG drivers rising up M&A strategy agenda: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... sale process." This means that investors are looking at their portfolios and policies to make sure they can satisfy shareholder ESG expectations., which means that potential sellers with "genuine ESG credentials have much to gain from comprehensive and ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... needs to be done. "More board diversity improves governance standards at companies and is strongly linked to long-term shareholder value," she said. Davidson pointed to recent examples of sexual harassment at some of Australia's largest companies ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The takeover bid for AGL by Mike Cannon-Brookes's Grok Ventures and Brookfield Asset Management is not likely to be the only proposed deal that seeks to take emissions intensive infrastructure and utility assets from listed markets into private ownership ...

Using ESG signals part of shorting strategy: Plato Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... it takes you out of the debate with senior management at the different corporations because you're no longer on the shareholder register. "On the other hand, if you're actively going short with these high polluting names, with very egregious emissions ...

CFOs see ESG action as central: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
A strong majority of Australian CFOs say that ESG activities are driven by investor or shareholder demands, but say that measuring return on ESG action is a top barrier to doing more, according to research from Deloitte. Deloitte's most recent CFO ...

Proxy adviser reforms overturned by Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The Senate has overturned proxy advice reforms announced at the end of last year, three days after the new regime had begun. On a vote of 29 votes to 25, the Senate disallowed the new regulations that were announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in December ...

HESTA's former head of impact launches consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... civil society and companies. "I'd love to be able to help more and help companies understand how to genuinely approach shareholder activism with authenticity," Delahunty said. "The combining factor is that understand of setting an impact-first vision. ...