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ACCR considers appeal in Commonwealth Bank case

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... opinion to the AGM, consistent with a 1986 decision in National Roads & Motorists' Association v Parker. "The Corporations Act itself says that once you get support of over 100 shareholders or 5% of total owners, shareholders can put ordinary resolutions ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... profit-maximisation runs into community interests. Among the proposals in the paper is the option of amending Australia's Corporations Act to expand directors' duties and adopt principles similar to S172 of the UK Companies Act, which charges directors ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... that we have multiple check-ins for the year, to talk about what's on our agenda, what's on their agenda. The Corporations Act has given rights as an investor - you have the right to vote on a director, you have the right to vote on a remuneration report ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... totalling just under $12 million in 2013, ACSI said. Gordon Hagart, ACSI chief executive, cited 2009 reforms to the Corporations Act limiting the size of termination payments that could be made to senior executives without shareholder approval, when ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... operating and financial review (OFR) as part of directors' annual reports. RG2 47 is based on a section of the Corporations Act - Section 299A subsection 1 subsection c, explained Dr Ulysses Chioatto, executive director and head of research Australia ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... shared between the investors and the government. Community bonds fall would have to adhere to the standards in the Corporations Act, which regulates how organisations issue bonds. "These things would all require disclosure under the Corporations Act ...

Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... regime. I think we need, however, to go back and look at our existing safe harbour provisions under sec 180 of the Corporations Act and see whether those statutory rules need some level of reform updating the changing nature of shareholder, stakeholder ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... the fact that the owners' corporation doesn't own the building. It's similar to an EUA, and we used the Owners Corporations Act 2006 to get certain resolutions that enabled us to do a financing agreement."

Sustainable Melbourne Fund invests in Swanston St retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... of commercial building owners in Melbourne ( a huge opportunity), together with a detailed look at the Owners Corporations Act, it is an area that we are comfortable to lend to," the spokesperson said. Owners corporations make up 21.5% of commercial ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... identified three different ways of implementing this - one is to regulate it, such as to mandate it as part of the Corporations Act," Whitaker said. "Another is through a listing requirement, which the Johannesburg Stock Exchange has done. The other ...