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AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... one example of how the process functioned. AXA IM defined a "best in class" board as one with "An appropriate mix of directors with the right skill sets that evolve in line with company strategy, healthy turnover and proper succession planning, and a ...

More women, more new entrants appointed to ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... no women on their boards, while only seven companies in the ASX100 had no women. Overall, women made up 8.5% of board directors in the ASX101-200 boards, and 9% of board seats. The ACSI survey also found that the number of new entrants to board seats ...

ACSI reiterates support for NewsCorp board overhaul

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Pension Fund Forum. ACSI is further calling on the NewsCorp board to replace family members, affiliated and executive directors with "credible skilled outside directors," according to a media statement. ACSI is also recommending that members vote against ...

ASX100 CEO pay, bonuses decline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... the fall in bonus sizes - average bonuses were AU$1.255m, their lowest level since 2004, ACSI said. "It is clear that directors began listening to shareholder views on bonus sizes during 2011 and began making the adjustments that have continued into ...

CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... major change in financial market structure and regulation." Ridout recently joined ClimateWorks Australia's board of directors. She is a Reserve Bank of Australia board member, a director of AustralianSuper and Sims Metal Management and recently retired ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Federal Environment Minister Robert Hill and business leader Heather Ridout have joined ClimateWorks Australia's board of directors. "Robert Hill and Heather Ridout are well known and widely respected for their contribution to public policy in the areas ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... address the turnover of boards, and that brings up the issue of representation of women." The high percentage of women directors on boards of the Queensland and South Australia state-owned corporations is down to the fact that the state governments in ...

Australian Ethical Investments faces EGM board spill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... in the guise of 'concerned' shareholders is misleading and inaccurate and some of it might be defamatory. Indeed, the directors have taken legal advice and may commence legal proceedings against these individuals in relation to the defamation." In its ...

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 ...