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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 ...

Link Group shuffles board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... chairman, effective September 23. Carapiet, formerly Macquarie Capital chair, joined the board in June. He also chairs the boards of Insurance & Care NSW, Smartgroup Corporation and Adexum Capital. Commenting on the change, Carapiet said, "I am honoured ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... outperform those who are male-only. At a time when the financial services sector is pushing to increase the amount of women on boards and in executive positions, the issue of female fund managers remains unspoken and under-researched. There is no research ...

APRA trustee reforms, definition of independence yet to be finalised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
APRA has released a discussion paper detailing the government's proposals for more independent trustees on super fund boards while conceding the definition of independence is yet to be finalised. The proposed changes to trustee operations have divided ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... ability to "really make a difference across an organisation" as well as something where she "could work more closely with boards, with a team and with fund members." She originally applied for the AvSuper chief executive position with little intention ...