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Governance Institute appoints Steven Burrell as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
The Governance Institute of Australia has hired Steven Burrell as its new chief executive officer. Burrell is the former general manager of communications and public affairs at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and will begin in ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... boards can add value by reflecting the demographics of membership at large, and by focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a survey of the superannuation industry. BNP Paribas Securities Services and the Australian ...

Government proposes governance changes for super boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... opportunity to supplement their skills and have appointed independent directors over the past few years." The Governance Institute of Australia said it will continue to advocate for a majority of independent directors on superannuation boards. "One third ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability risks and the board skills matrix, are prompting discussion. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute Last year, ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council published a third edition of the Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... programs, which count for 35% of the score, corporate citizenship and responsibility, 20%, culture and ethics, 20%, governance, 15% and leadership, innovation and reputation, 10%. Recently, Teachers Mutual Bank was recognized by the London Benchmarking ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... shares. ACSI will use this information in engaging with directors over the coming year, as one of ACSI's corporate governance expectations is that all directors have skin in the game and are aligned with investors, said Gordon Hagart, ACSI chief executive. ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... principle that shareholder interests are paramount in business decision-making, according to a new paper by Governance Institute of Australia. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute of Australia The Governance Institute of Australia paper ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... other, characterised as a shift from "investor relations" to "owner relations." Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute of Australia With superannuation funds becoming more active in exercising their voting rights, and larger funds taking ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... are pursing oil and gas projects with risks, and as they get further and further into areas where there is lack of governance, and huge sums of money that are moving, if these projects are put in peril or shut down because of local concerns about how ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Nations-affiliated Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), has said that she would like to see the organisation's governance review process "done and dusted" by the end of 2014. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director The PRI is currently undergoing ...