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Majority of super funds not disclosing portfolio holdings: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... won't disclose what it invests in, it sure doesn't smell right. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last year announced that the long-deferred deadline for the first reporting date on PHD was to be 31 December of this ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... have been Qantas, Oil Search, Flight Centre, Southern Cross 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 ...

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

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... prudential guidance to help funds address climate change risks and step up supervisory assessments in this area. Thankfully, ASIC seems in lock step with APRA in sponsoring an industry-standard approach to measuring, managing and disclosing climate change ...

Company secretaries weigh challenges, opportunities of virtual AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Planning and running a virtual AGM is a dramatically different experience from running a live event, and company preparing for forthcoming virtual and hybrid AGMs in the next few months should draw on the experience of those companies who went through ...

ACCR files resolutions with BHP, AGL for AGM votes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... items and did the Q&A at the end instead of after each item, which is not ideal," Gocher said. "I don't know how closely ASIC is watching. Are they having people dialling in? Even beyond COVID-19, a large number of companies will push for this to be ...

COVID-19 risks and impacts disclosure "unprecedented challenge": AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... resource as they approach these issues". Petschler pointed out that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has said it expects extensive disclosure of COVID-19 risks and impacts. "We think there's a lot of interest in how entities ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... guidance) until at least 30 September 2020. But this should not signal to companies that these issues are not priorities - APRA, ASIC and ASX have issued guidance on regulatory relief on the COVID-19 front, but relief focuses on earnings guidance, capital ...

Pivot to virtual AGMs, communication offer opportunities: Redback Connect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... that email and face-to-face channels lacked reporting and data. With the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) permitting companies to hold virtual and hybrid AGMs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, moving company communication ...

Advisers discuss new era of advice, ethical considerations: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... regulation and moves by global fund managers such as BlackRock CEO Larry Fink means the momentum is pushing towards ESG. "ASIC have upgraded their climate risk disclosure levels, we have the Modern Slavery Act, so I think that there's already this ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... votes before the AGM and submit questions before the AGM. In March, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced they would take no action if AGMs for companies whose financial years end 31 December are postponed for two months ...