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Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Kiernan is calling for investors to incorporate "SAI" or strategically aware investing - strategies that embed corporate governance, environmental and social issues among others across their portfolios. Kiernan urged the audience to think beyond ESG ...

ISS co-founder leaves proxy advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... central to acting on behalf of investors against company boards on issues including high executive payouts and corporate governance. "It has been a privilege working with the talented ISS team in Australia and to have made a small contribution to the ...

BlackRock adds three senior execs

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... Capital as the new COO and leading governance expert Pru Bennett leaving Regnan to become the group's head of corporate governance. Henry Capra was unveiled as the new chief operating officer for the fund manager, having previously served as the CFO ...

Fidelity's Bolton eyes small to mid-size China stocks

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... create 'champions', this will provide positive opportunities for investors over the longer-term, although corporate governance and policy risk are still a concern within some companies." However, Bolton fears the Chinese government's tightening measures ...

Changing of the guard at Temasek

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... Management University and the Singapore Institute of Technology, Sandrasegara also serves as a member of the Corporate Governance Council established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as well as on the boards of a number of other private and publicly ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... explain whether their anti-corruption management systems adhere to frameworks developed by the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) and UN Global Compact. The statement was sent to companies in nine countries and all signatories to the United ...

ASX exec joins Adelaide Equity Partners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... and investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and is undertaking a diploma in applied corporate governance from Chartered Secretaries Australia. His specialist role at Adelaide Equity is to provide equity and debt advisory services ...

ASIC names deputy chair and commissioner

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... Shane Tregillis to commissioner. Gibson joined ASIC in 2007 and, prior to this promotion, was responsible for corporate governance and capital markets. Tregillis previously worked as deputy managing director of market conduct at the Monetary Authority ...

New chairman for AvSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... Grant holds a masters in economics and is PS146 compliant. He has experience across superannuation investing, corporate governance, project management and employee relations. Since 2005 he has undertaken a number of consultancies in the governance and ...

CalPERS fights BoA directors election

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... America's stock price fell dramatically," said senior portfolio manager Anne Simpson, who heads the CalPERS corporate governance program. "Moreover, Merrill executives received bonuses that weren't disclosed to us before the merger." The six incumbent ...