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Graham Dooley new president of Australian Water Association

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Washington DC. He is a fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Blue Sky Water Partners is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Sky Alternative Investments, and invests in water entitlements ...

GNDI: encourage board diversity, but not by quotas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). GNDI and its member organisations - including the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) - released the paper with the aim of improving good corporate governance. The paper noted that director appointments ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
John Colvin, chief executive and managing director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), has been elected chairman of the new Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). GNDI is an international partnership of nine corporate director ...

More women appointed to ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... women to boards, leading to more diversity in age as well as in gender, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The AICD ASX 200 Snapshot Report 2012 found that women directors comprised 12.67% of board positions as of 30 June ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... against, but noted that the key themes from the voting seasons were proxy advisors and their relationship with company directors and asset owners, the two strikes rule and the no vacancy rule. See Also: Share placements become governance issue for investors ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... institutional investors and companies, outside of the hectic proxy season. Last year, an Australian Institute of Company Directors study authored by consultant Mercer mapped the institutional share voting process from end to end and showed that there ...

Integrated Reporting to generate value, costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... must do so without eroding current methodologies must respect regulatory and legislative responsibilities for company directors, according to two of Australia's professional accounting bodies. Both CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... go from 1-2%, what's wrong with people knowing that?" For the moment, the ASA will focus on engagement with company directors, rather than going the route of seeking a legislative remedy. "It's a lot of discussion because you need to have the discussion ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
With more institutional investors becoming more active in voting their proxy votes, company directors must improve their communication throughout the year, said David Crawford, chairman of Foster's Group and Lend Lease Group. This year's annual general ...

Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... particularly during the annual general meeting (AGM) season, according to a study by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). AICD panel discusses institutional investor proxy voting. L-R John Colvin, Don Argus, David Crawford Photo courtesy ...