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RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Sarah Barker, special counsel at Minter Ellison Lawyers and a corporate governance and corporate social responsibility advisor explained that superannuation fund trustees must consider ESG impacts as part of ...

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
... term, but what about the long term? That's one of the big issues in a lot of stakeholders' minds." See Also: Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... APRA is in line with other financial services regulators and market operators. Earlier this year, the ASX's Corporate Governance Council released the third edition of the Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. As part of that package, ASX ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... of listed companies increase their frequency and depth of communication around environmental, social and corporate governance governance issues, there has been an evolution on the part of some companies in the understanding of how each should relate ...

Sustainalytics hires Cheryl Gustitus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... well." Last month, Sustainalytics announced it had hired Gary Hewitt to lead the development of expanded corporate governance research and data products. Hewitt is former head of governance research at GMI Ratings. He previously led a research team at ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... case-by-case approach to proxy voting and engaging with companies in varying markets. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance manager AMP Capital's 2013/2014 corporate governance report focused on how the globalisation of financial markets ...

Sustainalytics hires Gary Hewitt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics has hired Gary Hewitt to lead the development of expanded corporate governance research and data products. Hewitt is former head of governance research at GMI Ratings. He previously led a research team at Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson) ...

Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... levels of assured sustainability data will rise in years going forward given recent language in the ASX's Corporate Governance Council's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. As part of that package, ASX included Recommendation 7.4 to ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... and you'll develop more consistency in the area." The research shows that there are funds that have good corporate governance, with the range across the spectrum. "We do have some very well run funds and funds that have really embraced the governance ...