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Financial Services Council launches Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... people to make sure they have the right skills to manage those assets is relevant. How we improve diversity and ensure remuneration is aligned with long-term client interests is relevant. The FSC took the view - and we're very supportive of this - that ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management publish stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... CFSGAM's global ESG Committee's working groups on three specific issues - climate change, human rights and executive remuneration - also progressed their work, concluding the work on the climate change and human rights approach. The work on executive ...

Mining sector showing "signs of progress" on emissions management, face continued risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... pressure for companies to not only disclose but manage their transition risk." CDP also found that governance and remuneration are not aligned with a low carbon transition, noting "though seven of the 12 companies detail climate-linked performance metrics ...

Local Government Super appoints Katherine O'Regan as board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... numerous Australian top-50 listed corporations. O'Regan also serves on the LGS Investment Committee and the Governance, Remuneration and Nomination Committee, and is also a councillor for Woollahra Municipal Council, Sydney. O'Regan is also a Director ...

APRA hires lead for new team that will consider cyber-security risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Operational and Insurance risk specialists. APRA said that "this unit leads APRA's important work on culture and remuneration practices in the financial system, as well as examining issues such IT and cyber security." O'Doherty is currently the deputy ...

Directors speak to evolving, expanding role of corporate boards at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... governance are appropriate- particularly the Two Strikes rule that enables shareholders to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of 25% or more at two consecutive annual general meetings. During the ACSI panel ...

AMP Capital on value of non-financial performance measures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Corporate Governance Manager Karin Halliday noted that relying solely on financial performance in setting management remuneration and hurdles can be "harmful" if they discourage executives from focusing on strategic goals "linked to building and enhancing ...

Escala Partners choose Ownership Matters to provide proxy advisory research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... sustainability, while not uncorrelated with governance, is different," she said. "Governance is accounting standards, remuneration, and board tenure. Really what we had in mind with our relationship with OM was to, as the first and most important thing ...

Women comprise 25% of ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... party transactions; half the number of concerns around board composition including better independence; and better remuneration in terms of quantum, structure and disclosure." "The more analysis I've done on gender diversity, the more complex I have ...

EY issues call to action to companies over social license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... stakeholders, noting that the public is "more alert, connected and cynical" when it comes to issues like "executive remuneration, tax transparency, market power, vertical integration, trading personal information and zero-carbon business models," which ...