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75% of ASX100 exposed to corruption in high-risk countries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Three quarters of ASX100 companies that operate in a sector or country deemed "high-risk" for corruption, up from 56% in 2006, and Australian companies lag US, UK and European counterparts in prohibiting the giving and receiving of bribes, according ...

Dean Paatsch launches new governance advisory firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Governance experts Dean Paatsch, Martin Lawrence and Simon Connal have launched a new governance advisory business, Ownership Matters (OM). The independent, Australian focused governance firm has a suite of services aimed at financial institutions - ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... that renewable energy infrastructure projects, for example, often rely on newer technology, which represents an additional risk. "We're still working which the ones that are the highest priority, but we will for example be articulating the barriers that ...

Investor groups call for climate change policy action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... ensure long-term sustainability and stability at a global macro-economic level. IGCC, the US-based Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) and the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), along with the United Nations Environment ...

Community finance draws eye of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... that recent allocations by the federal government and superannuation fund Christian Super demonstrate that they can provide risk adjusted return that is attractive to institutional investors. The AU$450m Christian Super superannuation fund has made an ...

Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... should exit the investment." The report also highlighted basic problems with the machinery of the share voting process and the risk of "lost" and miscounted votes, pointing to discussions with custodians, sub-custodians and registry companies that revealed ...

Jillian Broadbent to chair Clean Energy Finance Corp panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... mid-March 2012 with recommendations on the 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 ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... will increase, as will expectations that companies find emission reduction opportunities." Beyond just certainty of pricing risk, there are new opportunities for investment in clean technology, renewables and infrastructure projects such as gas-fired ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... interesting to go into the policies that companies have and see how well developed 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 ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... environmental and the social and also they can look at the social and environmental performance in addition to the financial risk and return. But they can't ignore the financial risks, of which there are many." The AU$450m Christian Super superannuation ...