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Martin Currie cautious on dividend growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... because "they have this tug of war between shareholders wanting a dividend, current assets consuming their capital and boards and management want them to grow." He believes a company such as BHP is looking at moving away from its progressive dividend ...

FEAL appoints new independent chair

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... has more than 25 years' experience in the financial services industry and was appointed director of BTFG Superannuation Boards in February 2016. Prior to this she was the CEO of J.P. Morgan Treasury and Securities Services for Australia and New Zealand ...

Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... first of these issues is what the regulator called "the robustness of strategic and business planning being undertaken by boards." "In a rapidly evolving environment, superannuation trustees need to have in place robust processes for setting their strategic ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... -- and current thoughts of, well, central bankers. Such was the case last week when a number of central banks and their boards met to discuss money policy. While the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of England (BOE) kept monetary policy unchanged - and ...

Charities must go corporate or face extinction: Koda

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... extinction, according to wealth manager Koda Capital. In a new white paper, 'Preparing for the Future - Do or Die for Non-Profit Boards', the company predicts many charities risk irrelevancy if they fail to compete with new challengers in the charity ...

No evidence that independence would boost performance: CIFR

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... the superannuation industry had been constrained by 'equal representation' rules. These rules require superannuation fund boards to have an equal number of member and employer representatives. Donald said while reform was pending, it was important for ...

Board members lose independence after 12 years: CalPERS

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... stronger, will help to ensure that independent directors remain truly independent, and will help ensure that corporate boards have a fresh perspective and are more diverse," Jones said. The principles also serve as a framework by which CalPERS executes ...

Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
If no government is brave enough to mandate one-third independent directors on superannuation boards then funds should at least be accountable to members for their hires via an industry-wide governance code. This view is a key theme from responses to ...

Women-led super funds outperform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... objectively better, but it shows that they are more likely to out-perform. "This reinforces the widely held view that management boards and executive teams with more diverse leadership are more likely to make better decisions, be more innovative and ...

Women on boards tracking well: AMP Capital

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
AMP Capital is satisfied the cultural shift to increase gender diversity on Australian listed company boards is heading in the right direction but says the challenge is not complete. Releasing its latest corporate governance report AMP Capital said ...