ASA Insights Uncategorized ASA in the News – 2019
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December
- 23 December – Australian Financial Review – BOQ raises extra $65 million in share purchase plan [paywall]
- 19 December – The Australian – NAB calls for calm over fees scandal [paywall]
- 18 December – Nine News Australia – Shareholders unleash frustration at NAB’s AGM
- 18 December – Australian Financial Review – NAB addresses AUSTRAC issue, ASIC ambush [paywall]
- 18 December – Australian Financial Review – ASIC unleashes NAB’s ghosts of Christmas past [paywall]
- 18 December – Euromoney – One year from the Royal Commission – reading the signs at the NAB AGM
- 18 December – News.com.au – NAB face possible $10b fine after ASIC claims law was broken 10,000 times
- 17 December – Sydney Morning Herald – Woolworths shareholders back demerger as more underpayment cases uncovered
- 16 December – Australian Financial Review – ANZ and NAB face off against Mum and Dads [paywall]
- 16 December – Australian Financial Review – Woolworths faces grilling over wages scandal at AGM [paywall]
- 16 December – Sydney Morning Herald – NAB, ANZ to dodge ‘second strikes’ as bank AGM season heats up
- 16 December – News.com.au – Woolworths’ underpayment scandal extended to include staff at BWS and Dan Murphy’s
- 12 December – The Australian – Westpac walloped over scandals [paywall]
- 12 December – ABC Listen – Westpac will face angry shareholders today at its AGM
- 12 December – ABC Radio – AM Peter Ryan on AM with Carol Limmer – ‘Westpac board facing protest vote over money laundering scandal’
- 12 December – Australian Financial Review – ‘I love this company,’ says Westpac’s acting CEO [paywall]
- 12 December – Australian Financial Review – Westpac chairman wins over super funds [paywall]
- 12 December – The Conversation – What limits shareholder activism as a force for good: the free-rider problem
- 12 December – Reuters – Australia Westpac chair says board ‘devastated’ by money laundering claims
- 12 December – Motley Fool – What to expect at today’s Westpac AGM
- 11 December – yahoo! finance / Bloomberg – Westpac braces for shareholder anger over money laundering probe
November
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- 28 November – Australian Financial Review – Westpac grants aggrieved retail investors an exit [paywall]
- 28 November – Switzer Daily – Switzer Report Are activist investors a good thing?
- 27 November – ABC News – The Business Extended interview with Gerry Harvey
- 27 November – 2GB Money News with Ross Greenwood 45:00 – 53:00
- 27 November – Firstlinks Voting your shares: it’s worth the effort
- 27 November – The Advertiser – Beston receives huge protest vote while shareholders are kept guessing [paywall]
- 25 November – RN ABC Finance with Stephanie Chalmers – RN Breakfast
- 25 November – BloombergQuint – Australian retailer with most bear bets is set to face shareholders
- 23 November – Australian Financial Review – Gerry Harvey versus the world [paywall]
- 22 November – Sydney Morning Herald – Harvey Norman chief defends governance concerns as investor concerns stack up
- 21 November – Australian Financial Review – ‘Horrified’ Westpac investors reach for pitchforks [paywall]
- 21 November – Australian Financial Review – Harvey Norman institutional shareholders urged to ‘bargain’ at AGM [paywall]
- 21 November – Reuters – Pressure grows on Westpac CEO after massive Australian money laundering scandal
- 20 November – Australian Financial Review – Harvey Norman faces second strike but board rout bound to fail [paywall]
- 19 November – Australian Financial Review – Goodman avoids second strike on pay [paywall]
- 18 November – Australian Financial Review – AMP seeks 43,000 ‘lost’ shareholders owed millions [paywall]
- 18 November – Mayne Report – Harvey Norman board tilt
- 18 November – Sydney Morning Herald – Investors don’t ‘blindly follow’ proxy firms, $430b fund manager declares
- 15 November – City Wire UK – Link boss disputes Woodford ‘hysteria’ and downplays fine risk
- 15 November – Bloomberg Quint – ISS Recommends Cromwell Holders Vote Against Weiss’ Nomination
- 14 November – Australian Financial Review – Ramsay chairman hits out at proxies after first strike against pay report [paywall]
- 14 November – The Australian – Showdown looms over Gary Weiss appointment [paywall]
- 14 November – Business News WA – AGM-season:More directors targeted in 2019
- 13 November – Money Mag – ESG activists under fire from Morrison government
- 13 November – Australian Institute of Company Directors – AGM season: More directors targeted in 2019
- 12 November – Eureka Report – Evans Dixon AGM, Westpac SPP, last day AGM laggards & more [paywall]
- 8 November – nestegg – Does voting at company meetings make a difference to your investments?
- 7 November – Mining.com – BHP’s Australian shareholders vote to stay in coal lobby groups
- 7 November – SBS World News – Bank results (starts 29min 59sec)
- 6 November – Sydney Morning Herald – Wesfarmers faces protest vote as adviser attacks CEO’s ‘very high’ pay
- 5 November – yahoo! finance – Woolworths share price under pressure amid wage underpayments
- 5 November – Australian Financial Review – Woolies chairman faces grilling over wages scandal [paywall]
- 5 November – The Australian – Woolies urges shareholders to back Endeavour Group spin-off [paywall]
October
- 31 October – FNArena – On Dividend Alert
- 29 October – Livewire – What I learnt at the 2019 Listed Investment Company Showcase
- 29 October – Banking Day – Bendigo kingpin calls time after 31 years
- 28 October – Australian Financial Review – Todd Sampson drops $43k on Qantas shares
- 28 October – Australian Financial Review – SMSFs not just for the few
- 28 October – Corporate Governance Institute – Having your cake and eating it too – Evolving Virtual Shareholder meetings
- 25 October – Australian Aviation – QANTAS FACES QUESTIONS ON ASYLUM SEEKER TRANSFERS AT AGM
- 25 October – Inside Retail – JB Hi-Fi grows, The Good Guys slows
- 25 October – Sydney Morning Herald – Carsales cops first strike on executive pay
- 24 October – Australian Financial Review – APRA has ‘misread’ Hayne on banker pay [paywall]
- 24 October – ABC RN – Investors target companies over executive pay policies
- 22 October – Australian Financial Review – Open ASX blockchain project to disrupters, say critics [paywall]
- 22 October – Australian Financial Review – Bonus battle revs up beyond banking sector [paywall]
- 21 October – Sydney Morning Herald – Worley cops first strike as chairman warns on Dar Group creep
- 21 October – Australian Financial Review – Big names in AGM crosshairs this week [paywall]
- 21 October – Australian Financial Review – Worley CEO got $480,000 special bonus after sealing Jacobs deal [paywall]
- 20 October – ABC News – Markets are back buying risk, but has the global gloom really lifted?
- 18 October – Inside Retail – Shareholder groups oppose JB Hi-Fi’s remuneration report
- 18 October – Channel News – Concern over JB Hi Fi Exec Pay Packets
- 18 October – Sydney Morning Herald – Shareholder trouble looms for JB Hi-Fi over executive bonuses
- 17 October – Inside Retail – Harvey Norman capital raising falls short of target
- 16 October – Sydney Morning Herald – ‘Australia is a high taxing country’: Treasury Wine boss justifies share sales
- 15 October – Australian Financial Review – Tabcorp AGM worries fade, but tensions remain [paywall]
- 15 October – Eureka Report – Transurban AGM, pro-rata capital raisings, Harvey Norman board tilt & more [paywall]
- 14 October – Australian Financial Review – AMP years cast shadow over Dunn on Telstra board [paywall]
- 14 October – Australian Financial Review – Proxy advisers back Origin against climate resolutions [paywall]
- 13 October – Sky News – Concerns raised around remuneration post royal commission (video)
- 9 October – ABC RN South Coast – ASA Visits South Coast (audio)
- 7 October – Australian Financial Review – Transurban chairman Lindsay Maxsted seeks three more years [paywall]
- 7 October – Sydney Morning Herald – CBA bonuses endorsed by proxy advisors, reducing risk of protest vote
- 2 October – Investor Daily – 5 questions Morrison’s super review needs to address
- 1 October – selfmanagedsuper – Retirement alliance endorses govt review
- 1 October – King & Wood Mallesons – Raising equity capital – issues for directors
September
- 30 September – Australian Financial Review – Myer, Harvey Norman tweak pay to avoid second strikes media mention [paywall]
- 30 September – Australian Financial Review – Brawl over ‘voluntary’ superannuation push
- 25 September – Australian Financial Review – Ken Henry elected to ASX board despite NAB troubles
- 24 September – The Australian – Hayne-hit Henry re-elected to ASX board [paywall]
- 24 September – Sydney Morning Herald – Ken Henry re-elected to ASX board
- 19 September – Australian Institute of Company Directors – Listening to the voice of small stakeholders
- 13 September – Australian Financial Review – Banks should release APRA reviews [paywall]
- 13 September – ChannelNews – Harvey Norman Stay Silent As Stephen Mayne Seeks Board Seat
- 10 September – Business News WA – What we can learn from bank self-assessments
- 3 September – The Australian – Gerry Harvey hits out at super funds on ‘box ticking’ governance
August
- 30 August – News.com.au – Gerry Harvey says Myer and DJs score top marks for boardroom diversity but ‘we beat the sh*t out of them’
- 29 August – Illawarra Mercury – Illawarra women over 55 invited to boost ‘financial literacy’
- 27 August – ABC Radio National – Government called out to do more for Australian businesses
- 27 August – The Australian – Business returns fire on red tape and tax reform [paywall]
- 26 August – Sky News – ‘Ironic’ for the govt to target franking credits
- 24 August – The Australian – Do your homework and take the fear out of sharemarket investing [print]
- 22 August – Australian Banking Daily – Corporates starting to look beyond shareholders
- 19 August – Livewire Markets – LICs under pressure to close discounts
- 19 August – Macrobusiness – Another APRA head goes as failed Byers hangs on
- 14 August – ABC News – New AMP chief promises to transform the company but customers will take some convincing
- 9 August – Sydney Morning Herald – Investors see light at end of very long tunnel for AMP
- 8 August – Consumer Action Law Centre – ASIC Consultation Paper 313: Product intervention power
- 1 August – Australian Financial Review – Does Helen Coonan even sleep?[paywall]
July
- 31 July – The New Daily – Some of the biggest names in corporate Australia may be at risk in the Crown scandal
- 26 July – Australian Financial Review – The full dance card of Asahi chairman Peter Margin [paywall]
- 25 July – Reuters – Australia’s Macquarie to disband asset finance unit, bank’s one-time profit-driver
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23 July – SBS World News – APRA guidelines on remuneration (starts 35min, 43 seconds)
- 23 July – Reuters UK – Australia’s Macquarie bank faces shareholder backlash over pay
- 22 July – Women’s Weekly – Seize the pay
- 18 July – Banking Day – Mixed reaction to proposed APRA veto power [paywall]
- 17 July – ABC Radio Melbourne – Mornings (APRA proposed veto power)
- 12 July – Australian Financial Review – Pressure mounts on ANZ to publish self-assessment [paywall]
June
- 28 June – Money Management – What is wrong with alternatives?
- 12 June – Australian Financial Review – Deloitte should focus on audit quality not ASIC attacks: Investor body [paywall]
- 7 June – sms trustee news – Investors must recognise property characteristics
- 7 June – sms trustee news – Twofold downside to chasing yield
- 6 June – Australian Financial Review – Australians flock to ESG as debt investors follow
- 6 June – Retire Well Retire Happy Podcast – Women are afraid to talk about money. Here’s How to Break the Taboo [podcast]
May
- 27 May – SMS Magazine – Wording can undermine BDBN
- 27 May – Australian Financial Review – Why these fundies want companies to die [paywall]
- 23 May – Nikkei Asian Review – Australia shows Chinese stocks the door
- 23 May – Australian Financial Review – Viva shareholders grill board over fuel prices [paywall]
- 23 May – Morningstar – Xero deep in overvalued territory despite strong result
- 23 May – Australian Financial Review – Travellers stay on the ground at Sydney Airport as economy weakens [paywall]
- 22 May – The New Daily – Superannuation grows in April as funds claim more of the stock market
- 22 May – MinterEllison – Governance News, Remuneration
- 22 May – Sydney Morning Herald – RBA should not ‘surrender’ leverage with a rate cut, warns Bradley
- 21 May – Australian Financial Review – Relief but ‘big differences’ on energy policy [paywall]
- 21 May – Australian Financial Review – Watkins says Coca-Cola Amatil will stay the course on social issues [paywall]
- 21 May – Sydney Morning Herald – ‘There’s a great deal of danger’: Fears of ASX tech stock bubble
- 21 May – Australian Financial Review – Why Tesla and Uber are ‘black holes’ for your money [paywall]
- 21 May – Sydney Morning Herald – ‘Probably a bump’: Share surge months in the making, says fundie
- 20 May – Australian Financial Review – Economic double-shot could keep ScoMo’s luck running [paywall]
- 20 May – Australian Financial Review – Magellan backs Microsoft and Apple to keep running [paywall]
- 20 May – ABC The Business – Election Party
- 20 May – Australian Financial Review – Charter Hall hitches trolley to supermarkets [paywall]
- 20 May – Viva Energy pay issues queried by shareholder group [paywall]
- 20 May – BHP – Australian Shareholders’ Association national conference
- 20 May – Australian Financial Review – Boards need more pay transparency: Telstra chairman [paywall]
- 20 May – Australian Financial Review – Grey army cheers the end of ‘vindictive’ franking plan [paywall]
- 15 May – The Australian – Catherine Brenner praised as she ends stint as director of Coca-Cola [paywall]
- 14 May – Adviser Voice – Future SMSF pensioners ‘big losers’ under Labor’s franking credits proposal
- 10 May – ACAP Magazine – Caltex suffers March quarter as refinery scrapes profit
- 10 May – Adelaide Now – Adelaide Brighton cops first strike [paywall]
- 10 May – The Australian – QBE dodges second strike as CEO spruiks ‘solid start’ to 2019
- 9 May – Australian Financial Review – Caltex mulls EV charging station trial after tough March quarter [paywall]
- 9 May – The Australian – Tax already paid on ‘gift’ Shorten snaffles
- 7 May – Australian Financial Review – Caltex shareholders take aim at CEO pay
- 3 May – Australian Financial Review – AMP shareholders brace for De Ferrari’s three-year slog [paywall]
- 2 May – Sydney Morning Herald – AMP warns of more pain as it loses billions from customers fleeing
- 2 May – Australian Financial Review – AMP looks to 2022 recovery [paywall]
- 2 May – News.com.au – AMP names new CFO ahead of AGM in Sydney
- 2 May – The Australian – AMP admits it ‘faltered’, ahead of AGM vote on pay [paywall]
- 2 May – Sydney Morning Herald – AMP warns of more pain as it loses billions from customers fleeing
- 2 May – Reuters – Australia’s AMP seen prevailing as shareholder revolt wanes
- 2 May – 9 Finance – Murray admits AMP ‘faltered from purpose’
- 2 May – Courier Mail – AMP names new CFO ahead of AGM in Sydney
- 1 May – Banking Daily – AMP board showdown symbolic of bigger problem
- 1 May – Reuters – Australia’s AMP seen prevailing as shareholder revolt wanes
April
- 29 April – Banking Daily – Day 498: ‘Disingenuous’
- 26 April – Financial Standard – ASA to vote against AMP remuneration
- 26 April – Investor Daily – AMP board to face scrutiny
- 25 April – SBS – Shareholder group to reject AMP pay again
- 24 April – Banking Daily – Day 493: ‘Failed miserably’
- 24 April – The West Australian – Shareholder group to reject AMP again
- 24 April – Yahoo! News – Australian shareholder group says to vote against AMP pay proposals
- 24 April – Australian Financial Review – ASA to vote against AMP chief’s ‘excessive’ sign-on package
- 24 April – Corowa Free Press – Shareholder group to reject AMP pay again
- 24 April – The Australian – Australian Shareholders’ Association ratchets ups pressure on AMP ahead of AGM [paywall]
- 23 April – The Australian – Female picks for ASX 200 boards stall in 2019: AICD [paywall]
- 22 April – Elizabeth Moran – Seven ways women can get more from their money
- 22 April – Bateman’s Bay Post – EuroSCUG meeting gets lowdown on franking credits [paywall]
- 20 April – The Australian – Seven ways women can be smarter about money [paywall]
- 16 April – Australian Financial Review – ASX weathers revolt over CHESS
- 16 April – Stockhead – The ASA reckons retail shareholders don’t get enough info to vote smartly at meetings
- 10 April – ABC 7.30 Report – Wynn’s proposed and cancelled takeover of Crown (video: 12min45sec)
- 10 April – ABC News – Why James Packer might want to get out of the gambling business
- 8 April – SMS Magazine – Franking credit report suggests policy rethink needed
- 9 April – The Australian – AMP’s David Murray facing backlash [paywall]
- 3 April – SMS Trustee News – Bank AGM Season (video)
- 1 April – ABC News – Tax credits for oil and gas giants rise to $324 billion
March
- 28 March – Inside Retail Australia – Harvey Norman adds independent director to board
- 27 March – Australian Financial Review – Harvey Norman appoints first new non-executive director in 14 years [paywall]
- 26 March – Australian Financial Review – Church lines up against gas explorers on PRRT changes [paywall]
- 26 March – King & Wood Mallesons – Deep dive into 2018 AGM season for ASX 200
- 19 March – ABC South East – Financial Literacy Project (radio)
- 18 March – Australian Financial Review – ASX’s blockchain project gets nasty [paywall]
- 14 March – Kaplan Professional – Countering threats to retiree income (video)
- 12 March – ABC PM – Regulators hire NIDA to improve communication skills (audio)
- 12 March – ABC News – Acting school hired to teach financial watchdog new tricks
- 12 March – ABC The Business – Drama school (video)
- 8 March – National Seniors Australia – Call for Labor to consider other franking solutions
- 8 March – Morningstar – Investing basics: Winners and losers in franking credit debate
- 8 March – Seniors News – Women: own your financial future with this free training
- 7 March – Australian Financial Review – Zlatko Todorcevski’s workload discipline short-lived
- 6 March – Money Management – Investors pushing for climate change risk disclosure
- 6 March – The New Daily – Industry funds lead push to improve corporate social outcomes
- 5 March – ASIC – ANU Climate Update
- 3 March – Australian Financial Review – Rice Warner proposes alternatives to Labor’s franking plan
February
- 27 February – Cuffelinks – Inside view: Will the Hayne Report bring real change?
- 20 February – Australian Financial Review – Coalition rallies retirees at Parliament House to oppose Labor franking crackdown
- 20 February – Minter Ellison – Governance News 20 February – Financial Services
- 20 February – NT News – Labor’s retiree tax hits low earners hardest [paywall]
- 20 February – The Mercury – Talking Point: Labor’s retiree tax hits low earners hardest [paywall]
- 19 February – The Daily Telegraph – Why Labor’s retiree’s tax is so unfair [paywall]
- 13 February – ABC Illawarra 97.3 Breakfast (Radio) – Franking credits explained
- 13 February – Carmichael Corporate Services – Proposed changes to the ASX Listing Rules – comments on the ASX’s Perth roadshow presentation
- 12 February – The Australian Industry super fund reverses stance on franking credits [paywall]
- 12 February – News.com.au – Q&A recap: Simplest question on banking royal commission leads panel to clash
- 12 February – Wilson Asset Management – Industry super fund reverses stance on franking credits
- 11 February – SMS Trustee News – Royal commission has not affected sector view
- 6 February – Banking Royal Commission: Did the banks escape too lightly? (Radio)
- 5 February – Stockhead – Royal Commission fallout: smallcap financial stocks escaped largely unscathed
- 5 February – The Bull – Investors add $20bn to big bank shares
- 5 February – Daily Mail – Banking royal commission responses
- 5 February – Yahoo Finance – Investors add $20bn to big bank shares
- 4 February – Financial Standard – Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks
- 1 February – ABC News – Bank shareholders brace for brunt of royal commission fallout, but should we care?
January
- 21 January – Sydney Morning Herald – Treasury Wines Estates top manager sacked for ‘breach of internal policies’
- 17 January – Financial Standard – Labor reforms to increase welfare dependency
- 16 January – Self Managed Super – Franking credit policy fails policy test
- 9 January – Australian Financial Review – Low income earners forgotten in Labor’s franking credit plan [paywall]
- 7 January – Australian Financial Review – Shareholders’ group backs ASX reform
