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Remuneration consultant disclosure regime questioned

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
The rationale behind the requirement on listed companies to disclose information about remuneration consultants is "unclear" and the regime should either be discarded or improved to provide more specific information, according to a report by Ownership ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... a lot of sunlight there. I appreciate the fact that [proxy advisors] engage with organisations around issues like remuneration reports, but shareholder concerns are far broader than just the governance issues - the environmental and the social issues ...

ACSI: Average fixed CEO pay declined in 2012

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... responding to shareholder expectations. One reason for the drop in fixed pay is that we have seen many boards reviewing remuneration packages when they hire new CEOs, often bringing them back in line with market expectations. This is a welcome trend ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability issues, either as part of their regular agenda or on an ad hoc basis, only 8% of company boards link executive remuneration packages to sustainability performance. The survey showed that company size was the determining factor in sustainability ...

Corporate governance guidelines on agenda ahead of AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... its corporate governance guidelines. Both reports focus on classic corporate governance issues including executive remuneration and the impact of the two strikes, while other issues mentioned in one or the other include board diversity and capital raisings. ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... engagement with Australian retailers, Halliday said. There are also times when engagement with companies on their remuneration reports has led AMP Capital into detailed discussions on supply chain risk management, she noted. In 2012, after the Tazreen ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... board responsibility - leadership, oversight, influence and responsiveness, strategic decision making, composition, remuneration. "One of the important entitlements of Australian shareholders is the right to elect directors," said Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO. ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... the need for quotas." The report also reviewed governance, including board structures and independence, director remuneration/shareholdings and executive remuneration as part of the analysis. "We do not adopt a hard line on best practice corporate governance," ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... resolutions where a company has poor sustainability reporting; higher percentage of ACSI and broader market opposition to remuneration practices in poor reporting companies; fewer women on the boards of companies with poor sustainability reporting practices ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... board to express our view as active shareholders." Meanwhile, the Australian Equities Core fund listed executive remuneration, corporate governance, issues relating to staffing and safety and supply chain as related to social and environmental issues ...