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Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
It is time to re-examine the principle that shareholder interests are paramount in business decision-making, according to a new paper by Governance Institute of Australia. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute of Australia The Governance ...

oekom research: ESG ratings improve bond performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Corporate bonds with better sustainability performance and ratings have a higher equity ratio, according to independent rating agency oekom research. oekom research has published a study, The importance of sustainability criteria in assessing the opportunities ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Responsible investment Australian equity funds outperformed the ASX300 index and the Australian equity peer group over one and three year time periods, according to researcher Lonsec. Steven Sweeney, senior investment analyst, Lonsec Lonsec released ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has informed superannuation fund trustees that materiality is part of the board's risk management declaration, widening the scope of risks that trustees must disclose to the prudential regulator. ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has hired Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager. Armstrong will manage LGS' Local Government Property Fund (LGPF), an unlisted fund comprised of nine NSW commercial, retail and industrial property assets - five office ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
VicSuper has become the first Australian superannuation fund to construct its annual report using both Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) G4 and the Integrated Reporting guidelines. VicSuper, a public not-for-profit superannuation fund, reported assets ...

Australian companies still lag on anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Australian companies continue to lag their international peers when it comes to creation and enforcement of anti-corruption and fraud policies, according to KPMG. Gary Gill, partner and head of forensic, KPMG "From an Australian perspective, I don't ...

CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has hired Dr Larry Marshall as its new chief executive. Larry Marshall, incoming chief executive of CSIRO Marshall is currently the managing director of Southern Cross Venture ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
As institutional investors and boards 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 ...

KPMG: top global miners make $1.2bn in social investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Mining, metals and engineering companies make billions of dollars of social investments, yet few companies report on the impacts these programs are having, according to KPMG. Carl Adams, head of mining, KPMG Australia KPMG's Global Mining Institute ...