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SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... of the financial crisis for SWFs. Among his predictions was that SWFs will have a greater involvement in corporate governance issues - a complete departure from the previous policy to forego board representations and voting rights for fear of a political ...

Dixon and van Eyk stand-off

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... chair) and executive directors Cameron McCullagh and van Eyk chief executive Mark Thomas. "It is just not good corporate governance for the whole Board to comprise executives of a financial planning firm and for there to be no independent directors - ...

Cooper Review calls for governance submissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... Cooper Review has fired its starting gun when it called for submissions in response to its "Phase One" issues paper on governance. The Super System Review, headed by ASIC deputy chairman Jeremy Cooper, today called for submissions following the release ...

Independent directors not always a good thing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... contributing author to SimCorp StrategyLab's recently launched book, Understanding the financial crisis: Investment, risk and governance, believes director independence is not always beneficial because these directors can often lack information. "Generally ...

AMP Capital Investors block poor corp governance

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Fund manager AMP Capital Investors revealed in its latest governance report to what extent it exercised its shareholder rights to vote against poor governance - including saying no to unjustified incentive schemes, re-election of poor performing board ...

Health Super hires governance chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
The $7 billion industry super fund Health Super has appointed Gary McGrath to the role of chief governance officer. The position is a newly created one for the fund. McGrath will report directly to Health Super chief executive, Chris Clausen. Prior ...

Paraplanners left out of planning reforms, for now

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
While there is incessant debate on how the planning industry can lift its governance standards to better protect consumers, there is little talk about the future for paraplanners, but that could soon change. Bloch said paraplanners shouldn't have to ...

Managed accounts firm ramps up ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... accounts, has signed up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) - proving that stricter governance can be applied through MAs. For example, DNR axed Cabcharge from its portfolio due to the firm's poor governance. "We used ...

CBA chair John Schubert retires

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... carefully undertaken by the board over a period of several years and my resignation accords with the board's corporate governance guidelines which nominate five years as the preferred term for the chairman," he said. Turner has been an independent non-executive ...

VicSuper wins ACCA sustainability award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... relationship between the organisation, the environment and social issues such employment, business ethics and corporate governance. The judges' report also outlines seven key recommendations on: issues disclosure, policy disclosure, supply chain, assurance ...