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Industry fund takes strong stand on corporate governance

Unisuper has instructed its investment managers to vote on any corporate governance resolutions of Australian companies in which it invests, under a new set of guidelines adopted by the fund. As part of Unisuper's corporate governance policy, the fund ...

Australia highlights support for ongoing APEC meeting

... APEC economies to fast track implementation of agreed trade facilitation measures. And this includes APEC's corporate governance pathfinder which is being developed through the finance minister's process. Its aim is to encourage greater participation ...

Westpac named Australia's number one company: RepuTex

... expectations of community-based stakeholders and business experts in four RepuTex categories: Environmental Impact, Corporate Governance, Social Impact and Workplace Practices.

Conroy slams high-flying corporate hogs

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
Australia's corporate chiefs have their snouts firmly in the trough, according to Labor's spokesman for corporate governance Senator Stephen Conroy. The senator, addressing the Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) on the eve of the release of ...

Labor proposes stronger corporate disclosure measures

... Stephen Conroy, the deputy opposition leader in the senate and the shadow minister for financial services and corporate governance, has said that the self-regulatory approach of the Government is incapable of tackling unbridled corporate greed in light ...

NAB appoints new director to board

... said. Mr Thorn's experience includes audit and accounting practice and standards, client audit committees, corporate governance, business advisory, mergers & acquisitions, and risk management. Mr Thorn recently retired from PwC and has served on a number ...

ATO to collect $31 billion in corporate taxes in 2002-2003

... executives and tax advisers of large businesses to take another look at their tax responsibilities as part of good corporate governance. "Judgements about tax compliance need to be part of the corporate governance processes of every company and board," ...

Treasury Group appoints Peter Kennedy to its board

... directors at the Treasury Group to increase its number of independent directors in accordance with the ASX corporate governance principles. As a non-executive director he will also join the audit committee. Kennedy has 30 years experience practising ...

CPA Australia launches nationwide business briefings

... CPAs across Australia will have opportunity to learn the latest developments arising from HIH, CLERP 9, ASX Corporate Governance Council's guidelines, and achieving IFRS compliance by 2005, through a series of CPA Australia business briefings to be launched ...

Crean comes out firing on super, corporate governance

Labor's Simon Crean has outlined a series of measures to tighten rules on corporate governance and attacked the Government's superannuation tax policy in a populist response to the Budget that is being seen as a litmus test for his credentials as party ...