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Trustees and managers must take active role in governance: ALP

... investors take a greater role in ensuring that the companies they invest in are well governed. "For Labor, corporate governance is of paramount importance as the retirement incomes of all Australians depend upon well-managed companies," Conroy said in ...

Transparency the key to corporate governance: Costello

... corporate life-as long as it is combined with transparency-as businesses come to terms with increased emphasis on corporate governance in the post HIH environment. In a speech to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris ...

IFSA acts to tighten fund manager voting policy

... managers have been providing this information where requested, the new SIMA should lift the awareness of corporate governance activities by trustees," Gilbert added. "IFSA has also encouraged its members to disclose their proxy voting policy on their ...

Government acts on super system "designed to fail"

... That side of things is part of Senator Helen Coonan's portfolio." Campbell said that the current focus on corporate governance should be applicable to super funds as well. "We have a massive focus on how companies are governed and super funds are lecturing ...

Campbell sees greater protective role for CFOs

... traits belonged to. Campbell added that the Government's CLERP 9 reforms, as part of its drive for improved corporate governance, required both the CFO and CEO to sign off to the board of financial accounts. "Accurate, timely and user friendly information ...

IFSA welcomes ASX corporate governance guidelines

... Financial Services Association (IFSA) today welcomed the launch of the Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) corporate governance guidelines. Richard Gilbert, chief executive officer of IFSA, said that the guidelines are overwhelmingly consistent with IFSA's ...

IFSA lines up against Labor on voting and disclosure

... they can have harsh and unintended consequences-and in this case could 'fly in the face' of getting better corporate governance," Gilbert said. IFSA said that fund managers, largely on behalf of superannuation investors, are already active in the corporate ...

APRA freezes Strategic Capital Superannuation Fund

... number of possible contraventions of the Superannuation Industry Act and other prudential matters, including corporate governance and fund investments." Stephen Glenfield, APRA general manager, added, "We commenced the investigation to determine the ...