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ACSI reiterates no vote for News Corp board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Executive Ann Byrne. "A protest vote will send a clear message from global investors that the current quality of corporate governance and behaviour at News Corp is simply unacceptable. Business-as-usual will entrench a 'governance discount' in the stock ...

Community finance draws eye of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... high touch and costs a bit," she said. "We want a deep understanding of the biz the enterprise is running. We look at governance strategy and business modelling and we also want to establish a strong relationship with senior management and the board. ...

Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... much as they possibly can. Where it breaks down, is where an investment institution decides to outsource its corporate governance piece to proxy advisers. I ask the question, is the original investment decision in the company changing and what's the ...

Jillian Broadbent to chair Clean Energy Finance Corp panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... implementation plan for the establishment of the CEFC, the investment mandate and risk management approach of the CEFC, and the governance arrangements of the CEFC, including the responsibilities, powers and statutory duties of the board, chair and CEO. ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... they are, in terms of human resources, risk management, etc. Is it that those companies have more robust policies and governance overall in everything that they do, and one aspect of that is seeking to have is women on boards? It would be impossible ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... structure - it's higher with microfinance, because of the complexity of the investments. There are a number of layers of governance, and then of course, there is more limited data on returns, particularly on debt vehicles and how they perform." Comparing ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... some market developments, but no system-wide impacts that have eliminated the manual processes," said Dean Paatsch, a governance consultant, former CEO of proxy voting advisor RiskMetrics and a co-convenor of the 2007 FSC roundtable. "There have been ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... human rights risk. Net Balance analysed those companies to see if they had policies on human rights as part of their governance, to what extent they managed those human rights exposures and to what extent they reported on how they managed those human ...

ACSI recommend against News Corp board re-election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... executive directors and five affiliated non-executive directors. "Such an arrangement does not reflect good corporate governance practice and fails to provide safeguards to ensure that the company is run in the best interests of its shareholders," Byrne ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... investment performance, earnings per share growth and further build our leadership position," the report said. On the governance side, in 2011, the company established a new board membership policy that outlined its take on directors serving on multiple ...