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Lower pay offset by persistent bonuses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... million (before bonuses and shares), according to the 15th annual study of CEO Pay in ASX200 Companies by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). "The decline in average CEO fixed pay in Australia's largest listed companies, from a ...

Telstra Super appoints financial planning EGM

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... the corporate fund appointed Scott Connolly as a member director. Connolly is the assistant secretary at the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). He is also a director at the Union Education Foundation, the secretary and treasurer for ACTU Education ...

Improvements in ESG leadership: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... when it comes to environmental, social and governance reporting. This is one of several key findings by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors in its ninth annual review of corporate sustainability disclosure, released today. For the first ...

Public sector retirees still seek answers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... Australians affected by the new 10% cap on defined benefit income that is excluded from the pension income test. The Australian Council of Public Sector Retiree Organisations (ACPSRO) wants to know answers to nine questions it put to Minister for Social ...

HESTA investment analyst collects ESG award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
CareSuper and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have jointly named the recipient of the 2016 Michael O'Sullivan ESG Rising Star Award. Announced in front of about 200 delegates at the ACSI annual conference in Melbourne yesterday ...

Gender pay gap worsening: ACTU

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
With International Women's Day around the corner the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has renewed calls for the federal government to make gender inequality a priority. The ACTU's updated gender pay gap report shows 60% of women aged between ...

New how-to guide for ESG reporting

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
The Financial Services Council and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors believe 13% of ASX 200 companies currently fail to provide meaningful information on sustainability factors and a further 17% provide only basic information. In turn ...

ACSI and TIAA-CREF drive poll voting

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... ASX200 companies now use poll voting at their annual general meetings according to the latest data from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). In addition, ACSI said less than 10% of ASX100 companies still use the "show of hands" ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... pensioners. The peak body representing Commonwealth, State, Territory and other public sector retirees, the Australian Council of Public Sector Retiree Organisations (ACPSRO), said in a statement this week there was an anomaly whereby public sector retirees ...

Listed companies improve ESG approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) found that 79% of listed Australian companies surveyed this year had improved their environment, social and governance (ESG) approach. In 2014, ACSI had chosen 28 companies as engagement priorities ...