August 18, 2022
Market Forces say the time has come for investors to publicly withdraw capital from Santos over its “climate failure”
Santos, Australia’s second-biggest oil and gas producer, has come under fire from …
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June 16, 2022
ASIC introduces guidelines to prevent greenwashing
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has introduced a set of guidelines to prevent large funds from greenwashing.
In order to prevent greenwashing, ASIC’s guidelines ask …
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January 7, 2022
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are increasingly at the forefront of debate in the Australian market and 2021’s AGM season proved no exception. With Australian shareholders continuing to …
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January 7, 2022
The Australian government has introduced a new regulation to reform proxy voting advice services.
The reforms extend the country’s financial services licensing regime to cover a broader range of proxy adviser …
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December 3, 2021
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has opted not to include mandatory climate risk disclosures in new guidance for the country’s financial services sector.
The APRA has published a …
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Follows IPO examination of one company’s statements
September 17, 2021
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned it will take action against companies it believes are making misleading claims regarding their net …
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14 May, 2021
A proposed Australian government clampdown on proxy advice provision risks limiting the ability of investors to raise issues with corporate boards, investor groups have warned.
The rule changes, put …
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Australia has toughened up banking regulation after its upper house, the Senate, passed a law which gives its financial regulator, the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority new powers, including the ability to cap bankers’ pay.
Under the Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking …
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Australia’s 2017 AGM season was significantly “less tumultuous” than the 2016 season, with fewer ‘strikes’ (a 25% vote against) on remuneration reports the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) has reported.
Most Australian companies hold their AGMs in …
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