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ASX100 CEO pay, bonuses decline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) attributes to a "more mature conversation" between shareholders and boards. Ann Byrne According to new ACSI research, the fixed pay of CEOs in the top 100 ASX companies held steady in 2011 and bonuses ...

ACSI to target exec bonus disclosure, voting rights at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... experience had demonstrated that the two strikes rule had been successful in encouraging more productive engagement between boards and shareholders. ACSI said that it would assess remuneration reports individually and on merits, regardless of whether ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... He is currently a director of Geodynamics Limited, Horizon Oil Limited and a member of Engineering and Energy Advisory Boards at Adelaide and Melbourne Universities. The CEFC will start from July 2013 and will provide financing to renewable energy, energy ...

Women On Boards and Abacus to develop women leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Women on Boards is partnering with Abacus - Australian Mutuals, the industry body for Australian credit unions, to improve professional development and leadership opportunities for women working in mutuals. Ruth Medd The partnership between Women on ...

ASX report shows companies' progress on gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... are making progress with gender diversity policies, but that more movement is needed, said Ruth Medd, chair of Women on Boards. Women on Boards has also analysed 82 listed companies' disclosures on gender diversity, and has developed a traffic light ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... companies, nine of which are in the ASX200 index. Bennett said that three areas dominated discussions with those companies' boards - board structures, executive compensation and the companies' business practices in developing countries. "We are focused ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The percentage of women on ASX200 boards has risen to 13.9%, but it is the state-owned corporations of Queensland and South Australia that have the highest representation of women on boards, with 38.4% and 49.1%, respectively, according to the latest ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... governance issues that are impacting the 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 ...

ASA opposes Santos CEO $2m share grant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... isn't being paid enough," Kolesnikoff said. "Therefore we need to pay more, and they've created a way for paying more. The boards can say no, the chairs can say no, and they should and I would like to see it happen."

Women only 19% of superannuation fund trustee boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Women are a minority on superannuation trustee boards, comprising only 19% of trustees at not-for-profit funds and an estimated 10% of retail funds, according to research from Rainmaker Information. "Women are grossly under-represented on fund trustee ...