AGM Watch

Mike Muntisov is the ASA's volunteer monitor for CSL. Mike is speaking about the upcoming CSL AGM on October 14 2020.

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Mike Muntisov is the ASA's volunteer monitor for Transurban. Mike is speaking about the upcoming Transurban AGM on October 8 2020.

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Each year the Australian Shareholders' Association monitors the performance of most of Australia’s top 200 companies - protecting the rights of retail shareholders with a dedicated team of volunteer company monitors. Fiona Balzer is the Policy and Advocacy Manager at the ASA and she is here to talk about the upcoming AGM season and especially, what it means for members who want to make sure that their savings and super is invested in companies that are acting ethically.
We talk about:
The impact of COVID this yearEnsuring that virtual meetings are close as possible to physicalBoards being stretched thin due to directors having been hit with challenges at the same time in multiple companiesConduct issues – companies dealing with sexual harassment and bullyingConduct and consequence management after the Banking Royal CommissionExecutives sharing the pain equally during the COVID crisis?

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Do you feel powerless as a shareholder? You’re supposed to be part owner of a business yet how can you have a say in how the company is run?Each year the Australian Shareholders’ Association or ASA, monitors the performance of most of Australia’s ASX200 companies - protecting the rights of retail shareholders with a dedicated team of company monitors. These volunteer members meet with company chairs and directors, and attend AGMs to ask questions of importance to members and retail shareholders.ASA has 110 volunteer monitors – who come from a wide range of backgrounds. Many have expertise and life experience that contributes to their analysis of company performance – whether governance, financial or operationalThe ASA also aggregates voting intentions, representing approximately 4 billion dollars of shareholder value with the ASA nominated as proxy.This is AGM watch where I’ll talk with company monitors and what they’re looking at this AGM season.AGM Watch and the ASA - looking out for your interests.

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