ANZ shareholders reject executive pay plan for second year in a row

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Source: theguardian.com
ANZ shareholders reject executive pay plan for second year in a row

More than 32% of shareholder votes oppose executive pay report at heated Sydney AGM, after a year when bank was fined $240m by the financial regulator

ANZ shareholders delivered a “second strike” against the bank’s executive pay plans at a heated annual general meeting on Thursday, amid simmering anger over a string of regulatory breaches that included failing to refund fees charged to thousands of dead customers.

The bank was recently hit with a record $240m in penalties to settle four investigations by the corporate regulator into widespread misconduct that put public funds at risk, and affected tens of thousands of customers.

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