'Not something that should be messed with':Rising investor anger over virtual AGM plan

'Not something that should be messed with':Rising investor anger over virtual AGM plan

Australia's largest superannuation funds and one of the country's highest profile fund managers have criticised a plan to make virtual AGMs permanent

  • byCharlotte Grieve

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Boral's new broom cements role of three activist shareholders
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Boral's new broom cements role of three activist shareholders

Boral's incoming boss has a wealth of experience in finance and strategy – perfect for a cost-cutting candidate – and is handy with an asset clean-up broom.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Class warfare:The fight over corporate Australia's most reviled legal tactic has begun

Class warfare:The fight over corporate Australia's most reviled legal tactic has begun

The government has effectively declared war on the multimillion-dollar class action industry.

  • byCharlotte Grieve andTammy Mills
'Strong and important signal':Shareholder strike against US bank could impact Australian resources sector

'Strong and important signal':Shareholder strike against US bank could impact Australian resources sector

America's largest bank has come under pressure to fully disclose its emissions which could tighten lending for Australia's largest energy companies.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Qantas,Woodside chairman hits out at climate activists hijacking AGMs

Qantas,Woodside chairman hits out at climate activists hijacking AGMs

Richard Goyder has taken aim at activist investors hijacking shareholder meetings in an attempt to force boards to take stronger action on climate change.

  • byColin Kruger andNick Toscano
Mining giant Rio Tinto pressures BCA on climate as more members depart

Mining giant Rio Tinto pressures BCA on climate as more members depart

Rio chief Jean-Sebastian Jacques has pushed influential industry group the Business Council of Australia to do more on climate change advocacy.

  • byDominic Powell,Kylar Loussikian andSimon Johanson
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Good Weekend's Who Mattered 2019:Environment

Good Weekend's Who Mattered 2019:Environment

The climate strike kids:"Many were scolded as ‘inner-city puppets’,but the stories in the streets were different."Plus:Kate McBride,Grace Brennan,Brynn O’Brien and Emma Herd.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Harvey Norman chief defends governance as investor concerns stack up

Harvey Norman chief defends governance as investor concerns stack up

Harvey Norman shareholders are preparing for a fiery AGM next week,with the retailer's board set to face questions over governance,investments and its $3 billion property portfolio.

  • byDominic Powell
Harvey Norman set for fiery AGM as investors arc up over directors,pay

Harvey Norman set for fiery AGM as investors arc up over directors,pay

Proxy advisers are recommending shareholders vote in favour of spilling Harvey Norman's board if the retailer receives a'second strike'at this month's AGM.

  • byDominic Powell
Coles strikes deal with unions to quell worker exploitation concerns

Coles strikes deal with unions to quell worker exploitation concerns

Coles has inked a deal with some of the country's largest unions but critics aren't convinced it addresses concerns about worker exploitation in its supply chain.

  • byDominic Powell
Trash talking - and the billion-dollar damage bill for WiseTech shareholders
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Trash talking - and the billion-dollar damage bill for WiseTech shareholders

Short seller J Capital is'attempting to make hay out of something that isn’t made of hay’,says defiant WiseTech chief executive Richard White.

  • byElizabeth Knight