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ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... regulatory guide released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended recommendations of how directors should disclose risks and future prospects of a listed company, opening further opportunities for transparency around ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... increased need for board competency on climate risk. This is an area we're looking at - what is the competency set of our directors on listed boards, and are they measuring up?"

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... implementing decisions based on those risks is consistent with the statutory covenants imposed on trustees and their directors by the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (SIS Act). The recent Stronger Super reforms place greater importance on the ...

Crowe Horwath: sustainability as competitive advantage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Initiative's G4 guidelines, both because of its focus on materiality and because it requires sign-off from the board of directors. There are differences in the ways that internal and external stakeholders impact on sustainability discussions and strategies ...

FSC standard mandates ESG policy for superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... comply with new governance arrangements, including a requirement that superannuation trustee chair and a majority of directors be independent, and the development, implementation and disclosure to members of an ESG risk management policy. "We think that ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has increased its focus on succession planning for senior management and boards of directors and sees the issue as part of overall quality of leadership when considering governance issues in companies. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate ...

ASrIA appoints two to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia ( ASrIA ) has appointed Simon Copley and David Li to its board of directors. Copley is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and has worked for PwC since 1985. He leads PwC's Asia Pacific insurance ...

APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... According to APRA's June 2013 Superannuation Bulletin, the proportion of superannuation funds with at least two women directors increased from 25% in 2006 to 48% in 2013, and the percentage of superannuation funds with no women directors dropped from ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... framework." This particular area of the framework is contentious in Australia because of legal grey area regarding corporate directors' liability in making forward-looking statements. There are concerns that without a safe harbour provision to permit ...

ICGN names Kerrie Waring managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... senior corporate governance positions at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Institute of Directors. She has co-authored the 'Handbook of International Corporate Governance' (Kogan Page, 2004) and the first Global Corporate ...