31 October 2024

XCEND, a new force in Australian small to mid-cap registry services

Giles Rafferty
All, compliance, Registries

Author: BLAKE STELZER, Managing Director and CEO, XCEND As XCEND, the new kid on the registry services block, prepares to welcome its 100th register we talk to Founder, Blake Stelzer, about what sets XCEND apart.  Can you give me a little background on XCEND and the journey to founding the company? Certainly, my co-founder (Ann […]

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27 September 2024

A climate of change, voting at AGMs

Giles Rafferty
Activism; ESG, AGM, All, Disclosure, shareholder

GILES RAFFERTY, Media and Financial PR As we enter the October to November AGM season it is helpful to do a temperature check with the Proxy Advisor firms to get a sense of the issues they see as heating up and which are cooling down. Proxy Advisor firms offer comprehensive analysis of resolutions and guidance […]

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29 August 2024

The shape of activism in Australia

Victoria Geddes
Activism, All, Governance

VICTORIA GEDDES, Executive Director Activism in Australia is highly concentrated by sector, market cap and demand type. It is focused on the basic materials sector, in nano cap stocks and with two-thirds of demands on changes to the board. This is highly unusual in a global context where activity is more evenly spread across sectors […]

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28 August 2024

Rejigging JORC

Giles Rafferty
All, compliance, ESG, Reporting

GILES RAFFERTY, Corporate Communications and Media Advisor The Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (“JORC”) is looking to update the JORC Code to address issues with its application since it was last revised in 2012. The objective of the update is to maintain professional standards that will meet the evolution in governance requirements of the ASX, […]

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30 July 2024

Australian Activism – have we seen peak ESG activism?

Victoria Geddes
Activism, All, ESG, GOVERNANACE

VICTORIA GEDDES, Executive Director We have been tracking the evolution of activism in Australia for the past 10 years and it would be fair to say that in recent years there has been a high expectation that we would see an acceleration in ESG campaigns as Sustainability Reporting became increasingly mainstream. This has not proved […]

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