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Government responds to proxy vote concerns

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... Government has responded to stakeholder concerns regarding undirected proxy votes cast by the chair on executive remuneration resolutions. The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Act 2011 passed last ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... allow them to avoid intended disclosure obligations. "In terms of how these changes may affect director and executive remuneration disclosure in the retail sector, we will be looking closely at the new requirements to ensure that the convoluted trust ...

Towers Watson leverages Deloitte talent for exec pay unit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Finlay and Burke recently retired from Deloitte Australia following the firm's decision to exit board and executive remuneration advice on the basis it created internal conflict with the firm's other service lines. "It is anticipated that Finlay and ...

APRA calls for risk-consistent exec pay

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... management objectives will be of primary interest to the regulator, as APRA implements its standards on executive remuneration. Remuneration policies that encouraged risky behaviour were identified as a practice too common in the lead-up to the GFC by ...

ASIC wants more pay disclosure

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... for the integrity of the market and investor confidence that there is a high level of compliance with the executive remuneration laws," said Belinda Gibson, ASIC deputy chairman. "Directors must provide sufficient detail on the remuneration arrangements ...

Perpetual updates performance, remuneration

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... the right track with talk of new products in the next financial year, as well as disclosure of the firm executive remuneration policy. In a year that saw the group hire a new chief executive, restructure its private wealth and corporate businesses and ...

Shareholders vent fury over exec pay

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... more than doubling to $7.2 million. "While your board acknowledges that 2010 has seen elevated levels of executive remuneration mainly due to legacy equity schemes, it should probably be regarded as an outlier year," the company's chairman, Peter Polson ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... companies under a different governance structure, I see them there and they lead the way in all the excesses of executive remuneration." "I see a group of funds like Allco and Babcock & Brown and MFS and Centro, I see the Commonwealth Bank getting mixed ...

Govt response to exec remuneration falls short: Regnan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... governance firm is frustrated the government has not backed a proposal from the Productivity Commission's executive remuneration report that could better align departing executives interests with long-term shareholders. The Productivity Commission's ...

More super funds to introduce performance pay: survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... stressed that compared with the performance and incentives structure for banks and fund managers, super fund executive remuneration is relatively conservative. For example, a top-performing super fund chief executive could get up to 24 per cent 'performance ...