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Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds participating in a recent Mercer survey have reported that they do not currently have independent directors on their trustee boards. Pam McAlister, partner and senior governance consultant, Mercer Mercer surveyed 33 superannuation ...

ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... with ACSI's guideline criteria on board independence. The proportion of non-executive directorships held by independent directors increased from 72.8 % of all directorships and 84.1% of non-executive board seats in 2011 to 73.4%of all directorships and ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... sector, particularly the increased focus on ethics and governance shortcomings in some boards, such as lack of independent directors. "Media companies are in a transition phase -they are going from traditional media to new media," Carlsson-Sweeny said. ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... corporate governance concerns with the company for the last five years around issues including "lack of independent directors; cross ownership (SOL owns 48% of Brickworks (BKW) and BKW owns 42.9% of SOL); use of the cross ownership and shared directors ...

ACSI reiterates no vote for News Corp board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... investment community." ASX corporate governance guidelines recommend that a majority of a board should be independent directors and the role of the Board Chairman and CEO should be separate, ACSI noted. Because the Murdoch family controls voting shares ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... independent non-executive directors - in 2010, 81% of the entities in ACSI's S&P/ASX 100 sample had a majority of independent directors on the board based on ACSI's classification of directors. Independent non-executive directors also accounted for 70.3% ...

ACSI recommend against News Corp board re-election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... are re-elected, the News Corporation Board will, on ACSI's classification of directors, consist of five independent directors, five executive directors and five affiliated non-executive directors. "Such an arrangement does not reflect good corporate ...
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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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