Articles tagged as "responsible investing"

Our latest Stewardship and Business Sustainability Reports
Companies have positive and negative environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts and forming a holistic view based on these is far more complicated, a...

Executive remuneration: Skin in the game
At Allan Gray, we think carefully about the executive remuneration policies of companies in which we invest our clients’ capital. Why is this a worthwhile...

How to be a responsible investor
Responsible investing has become a front-page issue in the last year as companies, investors and asset managers have had to respond to a number of ethical an...

Allan Gray condemns Net1 CEO severance payment
Allan Gray notes with outrage the financial settlement claimed by Serge Belamant upon his retirement as CEO of Net1. We are very surprised that Mr Belamant...

Net1 announces Serge Belamant’s retirement
Net1 has announced that Serge Belamant will retire as chief executive officer (CEO) and director of the company at the end of this month and Herman Kotzé,...

Net1: Do the right thing
We are very concerned about the situation surrounding Net1 – both the immediate need to ensure that 17 million beneficiaries receive their payments on time a...

Clarifying our position on Net1
There has been a lot of press coverage on Net1, the parent company of the current social grants payment provider Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), much of which...

Ownership responsibilities: Focus on remuneration policy
As we discuss in detail in our Policy on ownership responsibilities, we believe that a company’s remuneration policy should aim to attract and retain compete...