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Ex-Westpac exec joins Rubik

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... and Capital Market Technologies. Clare is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Governance Institute of Australia, and a fellow of CPA Australia and the Financial Services Institute of Australasisa (FINSIA). He holds an MBA ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
The Governance Institute of Australia is proposing superannuation members at not-for-profit funds be given the right to vote for trustee directors as a solution to the governance debate. Governance Institute of Australia chief executive Steve Burrell ...

Governance Institute pulls support for super bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
The Governance Institute has pulled its initial support for the government's bill on superannuation fund boards and is now calling for it to be scrapped. "The process has become overly politicised to the detriment of genuine governance outcomes," a ...

ASIC funding model needs "meat on the bones"

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... The Treasury's proposal of a new model to fund ASIC lacks detail and needs "more meat on the bones," the Governance Institute said. The organisation said that the government's consultation paper 'Proposed Industry Funding Model for the Australian Securities ...

Super executive leaves for Mozambique

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) since 2011. He was also a NSW state councilor at the Governance Institute of Australia between 2011 and 2014. Club Plus Super has about 100,000 members with more than $2 billion funds under mana ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... operation within the firm and quality and timeliness of decision making; that results in inefficiencies." The Governance Institute's national director of policy and publishing, Judith Fox, weighed in next. She said the equal representation model no longer ...

Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... "adhere to the highest standards of governance, and attract the best and brightest talent to their boards." The Governance Institute supports the reform but ultimately would like to see a majority of independent directors on the boards of superannuation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge and the RP Data Core Logic Home Value Index, all for November. The Governance Institute's national conference, including speakers ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft, ASX executive and chief compliance officer Kevin ...

Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... obligation to act in the sole interest of their shareholders is a myth, according to a new discussion paper by the Governance Institute of Australia. The paper, entitled 'Shareholder primacy: Is there a need for change?' argues that while there is a ...

Companies must understand their investors better, report says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... harder to understand what motivates the voting decisions of their major investors, a new report from the Governance Institute of Australia has argued. This call, part of a list of best practice principles and guidelines, comes as the growth in size and ...