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Labor promises five-year freeze on super tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... competition in the default funds market would remain entrenched and that there would be no capacity to improve corporate governance arrangements in line with relevant Cooper Review recommendations," he said. "It would also mean no opportunity to re-visit ...

R&D focus giving Asian companies greater pricing power

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... Greater awareness of brand and marketing has also led to Samsung outselling Apple in many Western markets. "Corporate governance has also greatly improved since 1996 and Asian companies are using international reporting standards, updating the market ...

'Visionary' ACSI President receives posthumous award

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... President of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), has been honoured by the International Corporate Governance Council (ICGN) with a special award for achievements in corporate governance O'Sullivan was the founding president of ...

Nikko AM restructures CEO and chairman roles

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... the company. Nikko AM said it was separating the roles of chief executive and chairman in line with common corporate governance practices where the chairman is in charge of governance related matters and the chief executive executes the business strategy. ...

Sunsuper adds to investment committee

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Lally welcomed Hickey and said her extensive experience in investment, financial markets, superannuation, and corporate governance made her eminently suitable for the role. "The purpose of the Sunsuper Investment Committee is to review, monitor and advise ...

Govt loses, then wins vote on super legislation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... that only the most transparent, efficient and competitive super system with appropriately high standards of corporate governance would deliver the best possible value to members. Meanwhile, according to a statement by Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten ...

Access Capital Advisers appoints non-executive directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... Advisers chairman Graham Matthews. "This follows our decision at the end of last year to introduce best-practice corporate governance to the firm. With these appointments, our board will be comprised wholly of non-executive, independent Directors." It ...

Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... and Europe are also reviewing the roles played by asset owners and asset managers in the oversight of the corporate governance in the companies in which they invest." It said it will be watching proceedings closely and aims to work with legislators during ...

ESG RA awards Citi, Credit Suisse research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... Byrne, CEO of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI); Pru Bennett, director of Asia Pacific Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment at BlackRock; Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) ...

Corporate governance still needs to improve in Asian markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Corporate governance is still an issue of concern when investing in Asian markets and while international financial centres such as Singapore or Hong Kong have improved tremendously, there are still problems that need to be tackled. A survey conducted ...