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Bragg to leave FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... services. We wish him very well in his future career." Before joining the FSC, Bragg was a director of the ASX Corporate Governance Council. He also advised the government on policy in the wake of the financial crisis and before that was a consultant ...

Diversity among ASX companies slowly improves

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... ASX Education and Research Program. The KPGM report, which began in 2012, covers compliance with the ASX Corporate Governance Council's diversity recommendations on disclosure of gender diversity in the boardroom, senior management and across the wider ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... the Fraser Review should consider not only adopting a wide-ranging fund governance code similar to the ASX Corporate Governance Council's principles and recommendations applying to listed entities, but also ensure that there is a disclosure obligation ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... listed companies that they invest in. All the representatives of the superannuation sector sitting on the ASX Corporate Governance Council require listed companies to have a majority of independent directors. This measure, which globally applies to listed ...

ACSI targets male-dominated boards

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... level in the near term, rather than the sometimes surprisingly vague statements often made to comply with ASX Corporate Governance Principles," ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said. "We have a strong mandate from our members - institutional investors ...

ASX considers UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... consider its progress. The ASX does however pursue efforts regarding sustainability in other ways. "The ASX Corporate Governance Council recently launched the 3rd edition of its 'Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations', which recommends ...

ISN blasts FSC's independence policy

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... ISN's comments "suggest that the definition of independence adopted is inappropriate. Our policy adopts ASX Corporate Governance Council and APRA's positions on independence," Brogden said. "Our policy expressly prohibits multiple directorships where ...

ASX names former ASIC head new Corp Governance chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
Alan Cameron AO has been appointed chair of the ASX Corporate Governance Council, replacing retiring chair of 16 years and ASX's executive general manager, regulatory and public policy, Malcolm Starr. The Corporate Governance Council is a collection ...

ACSI remands News Corp governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... non-executive directors to provide independent oversight of the company's strategy and activities. In Australia, ASX corporate governance guidelines recommend that a majority of a board should be independent directors and the role of the board chairman ...

Board diversity gives greater results

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... after Commonwealth Bank did the same. ACSI's research has been published ahead of the upcoming January ASX Corporate Governance Guidelines that will examine companies' board and senior ranks for female representation. Currently women accounted for 11.1 ...