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Aviva Investors identifies megatrends representing market failures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change, gender balance and living wage - alongside the core governance questions of board calibre, board independence, and executive pay structure." But Waygood also identified the importance of a broader approach with regards to COVID-19 which ...

Remerga launches Emerging Markets Sustainable Leaders Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... consideration include assessing alignments of interest, shareholding structures, audit quality, compensation policies, board independence, capital discipline, related party transactions and controversies involving the company. Other ESG factors that ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... director candidates and assure shareholders about composition as well as demonstrate for regulators the degree of board independence and appropriate skills, Murdoch noted. "There's an ongoing, never-remitting demand for boards to be continually assessing ...

FSC standard mandates ESG policy for superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... compliance basis in July 2013, with mandatory compliance to commence this July. In addition to standards around board independence and the development of an ESG risk management policy for a default fund/MySuper product, superannuation funds must develop ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Halliday said. "Boards with no women have more related party issues. They are more likely to have issues with board independence, and are twice as likely to have an affiliated chairman." Halliday said the data leads her to conclude that there is a correlation ...

ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... majority-independent, in line with ASX corporate governance guidelines and in line with ACSI's guideline criteria on board independence. The proportion of non-executive directorships held by independent directors increased from 72.8 % of all directorships ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... are more willing to engage with investors around governance issues beyond remuneration into areas including board independence, succession planning and related party transactions, which AMP Capital attributes to the impact of the two-strikes voting rule. ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... companies covered in the analysis, only 40% of directors could be considered truly independent. "Poor levels of board independence in the industry are a big risk for investors," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "Of course, poor board independence doesn't lead directly ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... effectively oversee management so that the company is run in the best interest of the investors," Woods said. "Board independence, board skills, board makeup, make-up of individual committees, those have been ongoing themes in governance areas. If we ...
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