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Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
... as might be expected. With supportive central bank and government policies in place, allied to improving corporate governance helping drive further balance sheet efficiency, we see a continued positive backdrop for investors, provided that global economic ...

Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Corporate governance is becoming a key differentiator for investors, according to Aberdeen Asset Management. Based on a survey of 293 institutional investors, trustees, managers and consultants in the UK, Europe, North America, Canada and Asia-Pacific ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... listed companies that they invest in. All the representatives of the superannuation sector sitting on the ASX Corporate Governance Council require listed companies to have a majority of independent directors. This measure, which globally applies to listed ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... brings governance of regulated superannuation funds in line with international best practice standards of corporate governance," the report said. "This bill will allow superannuation fund boards to draw from a broader pool of independent directors, increasing ...

Club Plus Super increases women on trustee board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... appointed Senior Counsel (SC) for New South Wales. She is regarded as an expert in financial services law and corporate governance - in particular directors' duties - and has deep understanding of the legal and regulatory challenges confronting Australian ...

AMP appoints ESG analyst

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment research team to increase the manager's focus on corporate governance. Kristen Le Mesurier will report to head of ESG research Ian Woods and joins AMP from AAP Securities, where she was associate ...

Government using super as "petri dish": Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... that the government is bringing Australia into line with international best practice arrangements for the corporate governance of superannuation."

New website gives advisers company ESG ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... information, dating back to 2001, to gain a perspective on the environmental impact, social engagement and corporate governance of each company. The process rewards companies demonstrating a range of actions that overcome any inherent negative environmental ...

S&P warns banks on cyber risk

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... the bank's security system to determine its strength. AMP Capital addressed similar issues in its latest Corporate Governance Report, wherein it noted that "cyber and data security can no longer be considered purely a technology issue and should be included ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... On a quiet afternoon in 2000, Pru Bennett was sitting with the three other partners of proxy advisory firm Corporate Governance International, wondering how they were going to jumpstart the business. "Gee," she remembers thinking, "We just need a few ...