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Future Fund restructures investment leadership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... economics and capital markets, and portfolio integration teams. David Bluff and Tammi Fisher will be joint managing directors of real assets. Bluff will oversee the private equity and credit teams, while Fisher will look after the infrastructure and ...

Exec pay lands listed firms in hot water

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... seen in the US. Many institutional investors are still reluctant to vote in favour of a board spill resolution, where directors stand to be re-elected, even after a second strike. Shareholders would rather engage with the companies to resolve disputes ...

HESTA urges ASX300 to heed investor concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... the entire workforce. Five years ago, HESTA was voting against the appointment of all-male boards. Now just 30 female directors are needed to reach gender balance in the ASX200. Gender balance in leadership can improve decision-making and company performance ...

Senate passes landmark climate reporting and net zero authority laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... words I want to let you know," ASIC commissioner Kate O'Rourke assured the crowd at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Climate Governance event held in Sydney's International Convention Center (ICC) today. "Putting off [ASIC] enforcement ...

Litigation immunity sparks legal expert outcry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... out in support of a delay, including the Business Council of Australia (BCA) and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). However, the Greens have proposed reducing the immunity period to 12 months, limiting it to loss and damage actions ...

ASX200 boards near gender target: ACSI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... women at board level, but questions remain on the link between boardroom diversity and financial performance. Female directors doubled in under a decade and boardroom equality is in sight six years ahead of schedule - but the jury is still out on whether ...

Demand up for green steel

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... metallurgical coal mining. A large proportion of respondents were portfolio managers, investment managers or investment directors. The majority of investors (81%) agree that green steel cannot be produced using fossil fuel energy. Most are hedging their ...

Glass ceiling persists despite record women chairs

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... the ASX 300 there were 42 women chairs, and 25 on the ASX 200. Researchers from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) noted that the data was a considerable increase on the AICD's figures from the start of the year, when there were 34 ...

DEI peak body firms up leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... (DCA) has elected leaders from UN Global Compact Network Australia, Telstra, and Schneider Electric, onto its board of directors. Sunita Gloster replaces Ming Long as chair, as she has moved to the the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... joins the firm amidst a leadership overhaul, making 158 senior appointments, including 17 special counsel, two executive directors, three directors, 47 senior associates, 85 associates and four senior managers. The appointments build on the recent appointment ...