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Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... difficult decision isn't really, and that there are resources they can draw on. The Australian Institute of Company Directors can facilitate it. Head-hunters for directors are on the issue as well, and companies will be supported by the l/t shareholders ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... has a role to play here with social policy." There is nothing in corporations law that explicitly prohibits company directors from considering wider stakeholder concerns, Black noted. "What's clear to me right now is that corporations law as it currently ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... directors. For example, Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) has called for a safe harbour provision to allow company directors to make forward-looking statements such those outlined in the IUR framework. CSA supports the IR guidelines, and said that ...

ICGN names Kerrie Waring managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... ICGN's Australian members include the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, the Asset Owners Disclosure Project, AMP Capital, Cbus, Easterbrook ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... of these prohibitions to have been breached. "The sanctions for breaching these prohibitions are severe, and company directors or employees who are involved in a breach of these prohibitions by their company may also face pecuniary penalties," Anderson ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Group and was chair of the Australian Coal Association from 1987 to 1988) and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) from 1997-2001. He is a fellow of AICD, the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Energy Institute ...

GNDI comments on proposed Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... their success in managing those risks," said John Colvin, chair of GNDI and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). "However, we have significant concerns that should Integrated Reporting be mandated, it is likely to result in overly ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... cost than boards that are trusted less. Similarly, the level of trust placed in the entire cohort of listed company directors plays a role in capital formation and deployment throughout the wider economy." ACSI undertook the survey with research partner ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... increasingly sophisticated across the REIT sector, with the impact of the GFC in our view playing a role, and as company directors generally seek to reduce the increasing risks they face. As long as there is transparency of accounts and decision making ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) has called for a safe harbour provision to allow company directors to make forward-looking statements such those outlined in the Integrated Reporting (IR) framework. Judith Fox, director, policy, Chartered Secretaries ...