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UniSuper seeks head of property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... are also looking for someone with experience in dealing with critical stakeholders such as investment committees, trustee boards and regulators.

UK pension and fundies to drive long-termism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... catastrophe and to better align the interest of the owners of companies, or the shareholders, and the managers, or the company boards. Eight of these recommendations were directed at institutional shareholders and how they can play a bigger role in shifting ...

Shareholder activism misses the mark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
Super fund and investment manager activism against listed company boards is misdirected, according to a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), Lynn Ralph, managing director at Cameron Ralph ...

GIC reshuffles top management

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... responsible for public markets, real estate, private equity and infrastructure investments under their respective presidents and boards of directors. Vivien Chen will take on the duties of chief administration officer and report to the group president. ...

UK DB plans must shape up

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... chief retirement strategist at Mercer. As a result, Mercer has launched the Dynamic De-Risking Solution to assist trustee boards to manage the pension schemes towards full funding. The service includes daily funding monitoring, the ability to lock in ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... directors to help decide executive salaries. It is also recommending a "principles-based approach" in this area, by requiring boards of regulated institutions to have a remuneration policy that aligns the pay arrangements with the long term financial ...

Merger plans for AUI and Lifeplan

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... being rolled out to combine the two mutual fund companies. The merger proposal, which has the unanimous support of the Boards of both companies, is subject to the approval of Lifeplan members, as well as regulatory and court approvals. Special meetings ...

Refine board succession: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... committed to members' interests. "This survey shows that even in these difficult times trustee directors are confident their boards have the fundamentals in place for good governance," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive at AIST. However, while everything ...

Conflicts not all bad: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... hence outcomes for fund members, it is important to recognise that in seeking people with the right skills and experience, Boards often cannot avoid individuals with existing commercial relationships which give rise to conflicts," noted the AIST in its ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... making statements to the market, companies must carefully assess and check the veracity of those statements. "I encourage Boards to carefully consider this decision and assess what improvements they can make to their decision making processes, the way ...