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ACSI ups ante on zero-women boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is ramping up the pressure on ASX-listed companies that have no women on their boards in advance of the 2015 annual general meeting (AGM) season. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI has written a letter to more than ...

Government proposes governance changes for super boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The federal government has proposed legislation that will require boards of superannuation funds to be comprised of at least one third independent directors and an independent chair. Pauline Vamos, CEO, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Citywide make two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... later this year, and Mark Birrell, former chairman, who stepped down in February 2015. Hardy has served on more than 25 boards across energy, services, technology, telecommunications and not-for-profit sectors. He has worked around the world, including ...

NFPs must align investments with mission: Koda Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... activities with a long-term income stream to buffer against the uncertainties of government funding or grants, Knowles said. "[Boards] are risk averse, naturally, and they can be overly conservative, which is going to curtail what they can do in the ...

CFSGAM reports on transparency, stewardship of assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... more immediate the need is to integrate ESG," Berrutti said. "For direct infrastructure, the management team sit on the boards of the assets and so receive commercially sensitive ESG information, they can also influence what ESG information is provided ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... to the recommendations. As part of that package, ASX has included Recommendation 7.4 to Principle 7, covering how listed boards recognise and manage risk. Recommendation 7.4 says "[a] listed entity should disclose whether it has any material exposure ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... in 2016, we would hope that this sort of supportive and stretching resolutions would be taken up and supported by their boards," she said. "We would work very closely with IIGCC here for Glencore and Anglo American, and also with IGCC for BHP Billiton ...

Louise Davidson appointed ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Noonan, ACSI president. "She's determined to improve corporate governance in listed companies as well as encourage company boards and management to take more seriously their environmental and social impact. She will be a great asset to us and will continue ...

AICD backs 30% women ASX200 directors target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... not-for-profit organisations," he said. "However, we recognise that the four-year time frame to achieve the target for ASX200 boards may not be appropriate for smaller listed and non-listed companies so we have not set a specific target date for these ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund trustee boards have a higher percentage of women on their boards than ASX listed companies. This week, Women on Boards (WOB) presented their 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which evaluated 1422 organisations across multiple ...