Rangers fans criticise outspoken journalist for bitter North Korea column
20th February 2021
The column – which appears in
The Times – concerns Rangers’ recent approach to vexatious media coverage where the club have been proactive with what many fans would likely describe as nefarious, counterproductive and unwarranted press.
✍My column in The Times:
•With so much to celebrate on the pitch, why is Rangers FC turning into the North Korea of Scottish football?
•The embattled Scott Allan
The most glaringly obvious example of this involves the
BBC, with whom Rangers have no co-operation with following the revoking of one journalist’s press rights.
‘Idiot’ ASX directors to be protected in treasurer’s new plan
Tony Yoo | February 19, 2021 8:00am |
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Experts have warned treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s proposal to weaken public disclosure laws will let ASX companies get away with duping retail investors.
Continuous disclosure laws make it illegal for directors of ASX-listed companies to withhold information that may affect the share price.
Last year, Frydenberg temporarily relaxed some obligations for public companies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This included a partial reprieve from continuous disclosure requirements.
This week, the federal treasurer proposed converting that into permanent law, by requiring that shareholders can only sue if a director violated the obligations with “knowledge, recklessness or negligence”.
Investors, including the group overseeing $1.5 trillion of investments, say the new rules make it easier for the few bad companies who mislead shareholders.
I certainly think on some of these hugely influential technology companies, platforms, energy companies, people do want a say. In New Zealand user-friendly investing platforms like Sharesies and Hatch have brought a huge number of new members into the market. However, for many small shareholders intent on activism, there s a catch. In mutual funds – including Kiwisaver funds – shareholders do not hold voting rights because they do not own the shares.
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Sharesies’ Leighton Roberts (middle), seen with co-founders Brooke Roberts and Sonya Williams, says the burgeoning platform is working on its ability to give shareholder activists more input. ’The fund does the investing and provides some kind of financial return on investment to the client,’’ Dr Anindya Sen, of Otago University’s accounting and finance department, said.
Published January 18, 2021, 5:30 AM
The Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX) has elected lawyer Francis ED. Lim as its President for 2021.
Lim was the President and CEO of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) from 2004 to 2010. It was during his stint at the PSE when he joined FINEX.
Francis Ed. Lim
Concurrent with his post at the bourse, Lim held key positions in various institutions such as the PSE Foundation, the Securities Clearing Corporation of the Philippines, the Capital Market Development Council, the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corporation, and the Securities Investors Protection Fund.
Since then, he has served as President of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and the Shareholders Association of the Philippines (SharePhil).