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UCA Funds Management names Katherine Allchin to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors goal of reaching 30% female board representation on ASX 200 listed boards by 2018. This month, UCA Funds Management congratulated Mayne Pharma group for appointing Nancy Dolan the first woman to serve ...

UCA Funds Management adds Nine Entertainment Company to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... appoint one or more woman to the board. UCA Funds Management backs the campaign to see ASX200 companies reach 30% women on boards by 2018, and normally excludes companies without women on board, Walsh noted. "We deviated from our policy and decided to ...

BetaShares launches global cybersecurity exchange traded fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... opportunities of data and cyber security, and said that it felt the considerations should be points of discussion between company boards and shareholders. The HACK ETF is available to both wholesale and retail investors, and ETFs are often touted as ...

ACSI report finds ASX100 CEO base pay decreases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... down 5.2% to $1.72m and the median ASX 101-200 CEO's fixed pay down 5.1% to $883,000. The decline in pay suggests that boards are hiring new CEOs on lower base salaries, and ACSI links engagement from institutional investors and groups such as ACSI as ...

Companies, CEOs, chairs seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... seen as being the key standard-bearers for setting the tone from the top.... I think the message there is that directors, boards, and senior executives need to lift their game in that regard." According to survey participants, board chairs and senior ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... governance issue. Earlier this year, the Governance Institute issued a corporate governance guide, outlining issues that company boards should consider if they are considering making political donations. The institute advised companies that if they are ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Australian corporate boards must have regard to the complex risks and potential opportunities of climate change in their governance and disclosure to minimise scrutiny from regulators and potential litigation, according to Minter Ellison. Sarah Barker ...

Women comprise 42% of 2016 ASX200 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
More than 40% of directors appointed to ASX200 boards thus far in 2016 are women, increasing the overall percentage of women serving as directors on ASX200 companies to 23.6%, according to research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Although gender diversity is a governance issue for corporate boards globally, only 13% of executives from companies around the world expect a significant increase in the number of women in leadership roles in the next five years, according to a new ...

Companies "show variation" on ESG disclosures: Company Matters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... at Company Matters, says this is particularly apparent in newly listed entities and entities joining the ASX300, whose boards and management struggle with increased disclosure. "I think for a lot of entities, it's a resourcing or an ownership issue," ...