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Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... funds including legalsuper, Asset Super and Media Super have all said they are willing to fully disclose executive remuneration, if this becomes the law. Legalsuper chief Andrew Proebstl said that last year, the fund disclosed the remuneration bands ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... She added that trustee boards, currently not mandated to fully disclose their investment decisions and executive remuneration, should also start behaving the way public company boards work, where many decisions pass through a voting system and executive ...

Super fund exec pay under fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... executives. In a separate development, the Productivity Commission today released its discussion draft report on executive remuneration in the country. The Commission said it did not find a general system failure in pay-setting among Australia's 2,000 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... points lower at 4745. In economic news on Wednesday, the Productivity Commission releases its report on executive remuneration, and the Reserve Bank of Australia issues its financial aggregates data for August. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Companies get proactive on corp governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
Perennial Value Management's investment clout and the industry's growing focus on executive remuneration are prompting listed company chairmen to become more proactive in explaining their corporate governance policies. John Murray, managing director ...

Downturn presents brand opportunity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... identify a superannuation brand. "They describe superannuation as faceless, they talk about fees, performance, executive remuneration and they overall couldn't relate to the people or the brands," said Mitchelmore. Yet at the same time, contrary to early ...

Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... Management Consultants Association (IMCA), Lynn Ralph, managing director at Cameron Ralph, said focussing on executive remuneration is not effective in changing the culture of a listed company board. "There are a lot of column inches around remuneration ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... a consultation package encouraging financial services firms to set up stricter guidelines when deciding executive remuneration. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is recommending its regulated institutions - including banks, insurance and ...

Perpetual proposes caps on exec and board pay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... dividend re-investment plan, those within the financial services industry would be interested in the proposed executive remuneration policies, which are loosely aligned with what governance experts have been lobbying for. In the letter, Savage said that ...

ESG a fiduciary duty: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... Sherry said it's also crucial to not forget the G in ESG, especially when trustees consider how a company's executive remuneration principles may impact their fund members' long term best interests. Concern over executive remuneration and golden handshakes ...