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APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Principles and 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 ...

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 ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... approval, when discussing the downward pressure on termination costs. "When investors behave like owners, and make it clear to boards their expectations around executive pay, Australian boards generally respond," Hagart said. "It seems boards and investors ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... dynamics driven by economic, social and environmental megaforces." "Mega forces are increasingly part of managements' and boards' dialogue," said Chi Woo, KPMG Australia partner, climate change and sustainability practice. "This is in part due to the ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... where institutional investors have outgrown individual investors and there are "strong requirements for disclosure and for boards and management to be held accountable to shareholders." Alternatively, AMP Capital highlighted Germany, Japan and China ...

Net Balance: sustainability assurance increase in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Principles and Recommendations. As part of that package, ASX 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 ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... MacCallum Cancer Centre and Epworth Healthcare. She has also taken on the job of meeting with superannuation fund trustee boards and investment committees with a presentation outlining health, financial and reputational risks that she believes tobacco ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... 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 fund CEOs, fund secretaries ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... companies over this issue of pricing of underwriting fees. "We would go back to the ACSI governance guidelines, which say boards should seek to minimise the costs of reading new equity," Harut said. "I think it's as part of the board's broader oversight ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... will result GRI separating out its advocacy work from the standards-setting work and lead to the creation of new governing boards and processes. It is intended to strengthen the formal recognition by governments and regulatory bodies of the GRI's standard ...