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Growth of women on boards painfully slow: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... than 23% of directorships in the ASX100. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said although the proportion of women on boards has doubled over the past 10 years, the rise is painfully slow. "Progress is disappointing in the ASX101-200, with women only ...

Labor questions APRA independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... APRA's view is "the breadth of skills and the quality of challenge that occurs when there are independent directors on boards is much greater and therefore that does lead to decisions which ultimately have benefits for members. But it is very difficult ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... benefit its members. The union said a McKell Institute's report, The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards (June 2014), showed how the current industry fund board model is working. "The figures in this report show members of bank-owned ...

Bowen draws red line on default fund choice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... of interest [in choosing a default fund]," he said. Bowen argued that industry funds are free of conflict because their boards are run by union and employee representatives. "We would not accept any watering down of the very important protections to ...

Board gender diversity further scrutinised by ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... the near term. Executive remuneration is also a key feature in the new guidelines, reaffirming ACSI support for company boards with remuneration structures aligned to the delivery of company strategy, and designed to promote sustainable long-term performance. ...

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 ...

Kinetic Super appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... be in place in 2016 are likely to require funds to have a minimum of one third of their directors be independent. "Some boards are now starting to plan for this progression, and Kinetic Super has made a start in this direction," the fund said.

S&P warns banks on cyber risk

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... considered purely a technology issue and should be included in discussions between shareholders and company management and boards." Commenting on the report, AMP Capital corporate governance manager Karin Halliday said, "Understanding a company's approach ...

Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... have welcomed the introduction in Parliament of the bill that seeks to mandate the presence of independent directors in boards. "With over $2 trillion currently sitting in the superannuation pool, good governance has never been more critical to give ...

Super board governance legislation introduced today

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... losing millions of dollars in numerous cases of financial mismanagement overseen by the banks' wealth divisions and their boards. "Industry Super Australia urges the all parliamentarians to reject these bank-designed laws and protect the interests of ...