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ASX updates corporate governance guidelines

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2007
The Australian Securities Exchange Corporate Governance Council today released its first update to the ASX's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations since 2003. To be launched officially this afternoon by Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer ...

MLC appoints corporate super head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... director of the MLC Nominees superannuation trustee company - a role she will continue. She was most recently head of governance for the risk management group general manager of retail corporate governance before that. Commenting on the appointment ...

PE driving improved corporate governance: CHAMP

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The recent massive growth in private equity buyouts is also driving improvements in public corporation governance, according to David F. Jones, managing director of CHAMP Private Equity. Speaking at the 2007 WestLB Mellon Asset Management Round Table ...

Investor responsibility key to governance: Regnan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Investors need to re-think their investment attitudes and focus more on corporate governance and long-term value than shot-term profit, according to Erik Mather, managing director of governance research house Regnan Mather said that while attitudes ...

Call for papers

... planning. The Journal of Investment Strategy publishes papers on financial economics, investment and finance, corporate governance and capital markets. Both Journals seek papers from industry practioners and academics, and in this way they act as a bridge ...

Clean, green profit machines

... companies with higher valuations will likely continue. A separate set of data show that shares listed on the RepuTex Governance Leaders Index returned around 34 per cent in the last financial year versus the S&P/ASX 300 benchmark's 24 per cent over the ...

UN's ESG principles gaining traction

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... institutional signatories appointing dedicated responsible investment staff and 88 per cent putting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to their shareholders. James Gifford, executive director of the UN's PRI Initiative, said the findings ...

LSE and Italian bourse to merge

Going green means getting ahead: RepuTex

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... cent growth compared with only 11.35 per cent for the local index. Other RepuTex indices also fared well, with the RTX Governance Leaders index showing a 148.20 per cent return over five years, giving it a full 40 per cent return advantage over both ...

Watson Wyatt sharpens SRI focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... super funds. "Superannuation funds need more confidence that broader considerations such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are consistent with their requirement to act in the best financial interests of members. Our ongoing research ...