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Showing 11 - 20 of 36 results for "ASX Corporate Governance"

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... policy and advocacy at the Governance Institute of Australia for 10 years. Fox has been a member of the ASX Corporate Governance Council since 2005, and has also served on Standards Australia's risk management committee and ASIC's Business Advisory ...

Gender pay gap should be government priority

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... funding for the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, and supporting female angel investor networks. The ASX Corporate Governance Council recently revised its principles and urged ASX300 companies to have a minimum 30% gender diversity target. The Australian ...

New ASX governance principles target culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... taking a leaf out of Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final recommendations. The fourth iteration of the ASX Corporate Governance Council's principles and recommendations are putting diversity, culture and values high on the agenda of Australia's ...

"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... Oliver said. Earlier this month, the 30% Club called for male directors who have served longer than the ASX Corporate Governance Council's recommended tenure to be replaced by female directors. The 30% Club was launched in 2015 with the aim of getting ...

Fraser review challenges super board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... Australian super funds. Outgoing AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said the code - modelled and built around the ASX Corporate Governance Principles - reflects the importance of safeguarding members' retirement savings through robust governance practices. ...

Australia dulled to gender diversity: AMP Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... represented. However, there are a number of ongoing initiatives in Australia to improve this, including the ASX Corporate Governance Council's diversity reporting requirements, the Male Champions of Change and the 30% Club which aims for female representation ...

Bragg to leave FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... services. We wish him very well in his future career." Before joining the FSC, Bragg was a director of the ASX Corporate Governance Council. He also advised the government on policy in the wake of the financial crisis and before that was a consultant ...

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 ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... the Fraser Review should consider not only adopting a wide-ranging fund governance code similar to the ASX Corporate Governance Council's principles and recommendations applying to listed entities, but also ensure that there is a disclosure obligation ...

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 ...