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Standard Life Inv steps up shareholder activism

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... corporate governance, especially as it relates to executive pay and audit issues, giving shareholders new rights to hold boards of companies to account. The most striking example was the introduction in the UK of a binding vote on executive pay policy. ...

Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Superannuation funds must better engage with the boards of listed companies in order to bring a longer-term perspective to their decisions, according to the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA). In a new paper entitled, 'Improving engagement between ...

AIST adopts middle ground on board structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Super funds should not be forced to include a third quota of independent directors on their boards, but the law should be changed to allow them to do so if they wish, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Contrary ...

APRA to scrutinise group insurance risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... interest. "We've identified areas where we see potential conflicts arising. One we've identified is multiple directors on boards of different RSEs. There are also issues with people holding positions on boards of service providers and how they're managing ...

FSC slams 'closed shop' super awards rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... industry on this matter. The government is also looking into diluting the influence of unions and employer groups on the boards of super funds by mandating a one-third quota of independent trustees.

AMP names new division leadership teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Men still heavily dominate the boards of superannuation funds, with just one fifth of trustee positions being held by women, according to statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The APRA statistics reveal that the ...

FSC questions pertinence of APRA super stats

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... manager." He also brought up the topic of trustee expertise. "There are a range of different skills and abilities on trustee boards, and I'm fairly certain that there would be a number of people that wouldn't be able to ask the sort of probing questions ...

Standard Life Investments strengthens governance guidelines

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... The Abbott government looks set to follow through on its plan to introduce a quota of independent directors on super fund boards, and to take superannuation out of modern awards, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur ...