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New director for Djerriwarrh Investments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... director to its board. Effective 1 July, Karen Wood will join the board bringing expertise from her legal and corporate governance background. Trained in education and law, Wood has held a number of roles in legal, educational, corporate governance ...

Stammer steps down from QV Equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... investment companies he serves on. He will also relinquish his memberships of the audit, nominations and corporate governance committees. The company has appointed existing non-executive director Peter McKillop as chair. He has been in his previous role ...

Future Fund gains two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... replacing outgoing board members Carol Austin and Stephen Fitzgerald. Flaherty has extensive experience in corporate governance, finance, infrastructure and law, including most recently as commercial manager and deputy chief executive at Reliance Rail. ...

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 ...

Knight Financial Advisors unveils new MDA service

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... time in front of clients. As part of the build, Knight Financial also developed an enhanced investment and corporate governance framework. Independent consultant Stephen Romic, head of research at DFS Portfolio Solutions, has joined the group's investment ...

New energy benchmark guide for instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... their energy data voluntarily through the Carbon Disclosure Project," Denis said. CalSTRS portfolio manager corporate governance, Brian Rice, said he has already used the benchmark to seek energy efficiency improvements from seven companies reported ...

HESTA investment analyst collects ESG award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... intervening years. He passed away in 2012. ACSI said O'Sullivan's long tenure as a director of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), tireless promotion of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), and active ...

Three Aus funds awarded AAA climate rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... prosperity and the financial wellbeing of our members depend on a healthy environment, social cohesion and sound corporate governance, and we integrate these considerations into our investment approach. "LGS sees climate change as the number one long-term ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... market, the BOJ's growing influence in stocks risks distorting valuations and undermining efforts to improve corporate governance," the Bloomberg report said. "Proponents, meanwhile, say the purchases provide a much-needed boost to investor confidence." ...

Adequacy benchmark to help define super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... examples on best practice thinking from other sectors and jurisdictions, including the ASX Principles of Corporate Governance which operate on a "comply or explain" basis," Garcia said. "The success of the ASX principles is partly attributable to their ...