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Corporate governance practices have worsened in past year: survey

... group Howarth, the University of Newcastle Business School's Jim Psaros and Michael Seamer said independence levels of boards and corporate committees had deteriorated in the past year. "This suggests that some companies are either unwilling or very ...

Industry groups call for active management interest in imminent IASB standards

... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) have called on all company boards and management to take an active interest in preparing for the adoption of the International Accounting Standards Board ...

Research prompts more funds to get tough on corporate governance

... Fund (CSF), and the Northern Territory Government Public Authorities Superannuation Scheme (NTGPASS), the research found boards of directors had established remuneration governance processes among most of the 172 top listed companies. But adequate details ...

Industry fund takes strong stand on corporate governance

... by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, which are designed to reinforce the accountability of corporate boards and management to shareholders. The guidelines also cover such issues as board and auditor independence, management performance ...

Shareholders to get chance to vote on executive payouts

... at multi-million dollar executive salary packages and golden handshakes for retiring executives, and calls for company boards to be more accountable for contracts. Mr Costello said the moves would rein in executive packages. "The consequence of this ...

Conroy slams high-flying corporate hogs

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... concerned CLERP 9 would continue the Howard Government's self-regulatory approach to executive salaries and would fail to hold boards accountable and fail to empower shareholders. "Australian boards have acted in their own self-interest, not in the interests ...

AMP announces two new appointments to its board

... director of two publicly-listed companies, Newcrest Mining and Paperlinx and is chairwoman of a water utility and sits on the boards of other government bodies She was formerly a senior banking executive in international and project financing and also ...

ASIC to review accounting practices of 440 Australian entities

... indications of inappropriate reporting trends, ASIC said. ASIC said the programme will also reinforce the legal responsibility of Boards to ensure compliance with accounting standards. Performance in this area is being monitored, and blatant abuse of ...

Conroy cautions superannuation funds on use of hedge funds

... corporate world did deserve to be rewarded, he added. The Prime Minister said the responsibility for payouts fell with the boards of directors. Referring to these company boards Howard said, "If you want to keep the capitalist system free of too much ...

Trustees and managers must take active role in governance: ALP

... of a company (the shareholders) and the board. "To redress this imbalance," he said, "Labor wants shareholders to hold boards accountable, but to do this the shareholders need be empowered." "When you consider that the retirement incomes of Australians ...