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Prescriptive regulation is not the answer: Tanner

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... or prescriptive, said Lindsay Tanner, minister for finance and deregulation. Speaking at the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) conference yesterday, Tanner outlined the challenge the government faced in updating financial services regulation. ...

Cbus CEO wins UN PRI board seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... Superannuation Scheme. Cbus signed the UN PRI in 2006 and has since been working to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into its investment decision making. The UN PRI was developed by the UN and a group of institutional investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... "Managing AMP for short and long-term success". WHK Horwath is scheduled to release its annual survey of corporate governance in large and medium sized companies, and Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford addresses the Committee for Economic Development of ...

UK pensions demand more face time with fundies

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... term objective of being able to meet the pension promises of their members," said David Paterson, head of corporate governance at NAPF. "However, there is more work to be done to ensure that pension funds improve the effectiveness of their oversight ...

Tasplan signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). "The Board recognise the importance of considering environmental, social and governance issues when investing monies on behalf of our members," Tasplan general manager Neil Cassidy said. "This is important ...

Amnesty highlights Shell governance shortfall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... key information around its operations in the Niger Delta - potentially exposing fund managers to unknown corporate governance issues. The Amnesty International letter to Shell highlighted the oil firm's business principle 7, which commits to "providing ...

Hedge funds on a refund policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... said. The report also outlined that 'post-crisis' hedge funds will be more transparent, provide more documentation and governance records and offer more investment choice.

Soc Gén named best SRI brokerage firm: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... also our responsibility to work alongside the initiatives with the greatest legitimacy on environmental, social and governance issues," said Francois Simon, chief executive at CrA(C)dit Agricole Cheuvreux. SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale and UBS' are not ...

RIAA hires ESG manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... (RIAA) has hired former UK based socially responsible investment officer, Katie Swanston, as environment, social and governance research manager for the association's academy. Swanston previously worked at UK based Newton Investment Management as socially ...

No proof lack of regulation caused GFC: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... regulation and active supervision is crucial, so too is "the adoption of sound risk management practices and good corporate governance within financial institutions." "Unfortunately, the quality of the implementation of prudential policies is often overlooked ...