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SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has championed the flexibility of a principles-based approach to corporate governance as essential for effective oversight, risk management, and accountability, warning against a 'tick-the-box' approach in its submission ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... digital transformation, was also significant, he noted. Japanese equities also "performed robustly," aided by corporate governance improvements and the shift from a deflationary to an inflationary period, he said. Most other regions produced double-digit ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... to be standardising that approach to valuations, or we need to be raising expectations on some element of corporate governance?'," he said. "From my perspective, ASIC's role [is] how can we help make the system work better? And to my mind, we ...

ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... meetings. "Because that's what generates trust and that's a price we think is worth paying when it comes to good corporate governance," she said.

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... investment decisions, the firm added. Investors would be wise to sharpen their focus on management quality and corporate governance to avoid being caught off guard, as companies with poorer corporate behaviour and culture have "consistently underperformed ...

Australian Unity hires from Centuria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... of real estate funds management experience to the role, spanning asset management, accounting and finance, corporate governance, and capital transactions. Her most recent role was as fund manager at Centuria Healthcare, where she managed a portfolio ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... with the loss of up to nearly $10 million in remuneration, which was said to reflect the significance of corporate governance and reputational issues his actions caused. Ellison told the board he fully accepts its decisions and will continue to work ...

New shareholder, governance services firm enters market

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... The firm aims to navigate Australian companies through the complex landscape of investor expectations and corporate governance, it said. Founded by Marc Stanghieri, the former head of mergers and acquisitions at Morrow Sodali, PGS Advisers plans to provide ...

Lazard AM brings Japanese equities fund to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... is lowly correlated to other developed markets," Kim said. "We see two key themes continuing to play out: corporate governance improvement driving better capital efficiency and higher shareholder return, and the shift from deflation to inflation gradually ...

CFMEU fallout stokes governance debate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... said "the Cbus/CFMEU scandal" demonstrates that union-dominated boards can't be consistent with good corporate governance. He called for the government and regulator to pressure Cbus to cut ties with the CFMEU. Other commentators have more generally ...