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CEO bonuses tumbled in 2011

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... mature conversations on executive pay between boards and investors. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) 11th annual research report on CEO pay in Australia's largest listed companies found that the average bonus in 2011 fell from ...

ACSI lends weight to ASX plan for rights issues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) supports an ASX proposal to reduce the timetable for rights issues to 16 days. The ASX consultation on modernising the timetable for rights issues would see 10 days sliced off the current standard ...

Super fund support for carbon tax

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... address long-term investment risk for fund members. In a submission to the Senate Select Committee on New Taxes last year, ACSI said climate change posed severe future social and economic disruptions that would threaten the stability of financial markets ...

AIST appoints new president

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... executive of AIST. Noonan, who is also chair of Media Super and president of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), will continue to play an active role at AIST as chair of the Institute's policy committee and as deputy-president. ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
Pension funds around the world, including the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), last week sent a message to News Corp that contributed up to one-third of votes cast against the current board. Among the board directors to receive ...

ACSI remands News Corp governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is calling for Australian super funds to protest against members of the News Corp board at its annual general meeting in Los Angeles today if the group's governance does not improve. Global media ...

ACSI: executive salaries soar above share value

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... the past ten years while executives working for companies on the S&P/ASX 100 earned a 31% salary raise, according to new ACSI research. The study, as part of Australian Council of Super Investor's (ACSI) ten-year anniversary, looked at the influence ...

New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... reporting guide launched today. The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have teamed up to produce the ESG Reporting Guide for Australian Companies. The guide includes essential information and ...

ACSI chief exec Byrne wins PRI election

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Ann Byrne, the chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has been elected to join the Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative advisory council. Byrne is one of six new members of the council, which for the ...

ESG failings impacting super investments

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... governance (ESG) disclosure is not being taken seriously enough, said the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), and super funds are noticing. Over half of ASX200 companies fail to provide enough ESG disclosure to investors, with a gap ...