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PM Capital LICs add director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... non-executive director, with a view to being named chair of the former. He will also serve on the nominations and corporate governance committees of the Asian Opportunities Fund, and the audit committee of the Global Opportunities Fund. Knoblanche is ...

Whistleblowers given new protection

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... considers a strong and effective arrangement for handling reports from whistleblowers is a key component of corporate governance. We encourage companies to implement a strategy for dealing with whistleblower reports they may receive in line with the ...

Raiz hikes fees for low balances

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... core technology and its team to meet the growing demands of customers, who expect high levels of operations, corporate governance, and cyber-security protection, Lucas added. On 1 July 2019, the ASX-listed firm doubled its referral reward to $5.00 per ...

Parametric bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... Schwab Investment Management, where she was director of investment stewardship and spearheaded proxy and corporate governance initiatives. Prior to her time at Charles Schwab, Le Berre was vice president of corporate governance and responsible investment ...

Wealth management investigations spike

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... through the courts," he said. Price also gave an update of its new supervisory approaches - including the corporate governance taskforce and continuous monitoring of large financial services. "Under our close and continuous monitoring program we have ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... England believe that ExxonMobil's inadequate response to climate change constitutes a serious failure of corporate governance to which shareholders should respond firmly." "The fund and the Church Commissioners believe that at this time, ExxonMobil ...

Push for chief executive pay ratio disclosure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... against that of their company's average worker and for boards to be elected annually. ACSI is calling for a corporate governance framework that will hold companies accountable for conduct that harms investors and the community. In line with this, ACSI ...

ASIC outlines enforcement efforts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... from 75 investigations opened by the regulatory body, 57 of which werecompleted. ASIC said it resolved 30 corporate governance related outcomes between 1 July 2018 and 31 December 2018. There were 14 criminal and 17 civil corporate governance matters ...

New board directors at Future Generation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... the board. Stephanie will bring significant accounting, financial analytics, and philanthropic, digital and corporate governance credentials." FGX's investment committee has Sunsuper portfolio manager of hedge funds Bruce Tomlinson, Zenith Investment ...

Gender pay gap should be government priority

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... funding for the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, and supporting female angel investor networks. The ASX Corporate Governance Council recently revised its principles and urged ASX300 companies to have a minimum 30% gender diversity target. The Australian ...