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Take governance seriously or lose investor support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... investors taking stronger interest in what they invest in, this involvement is normally very constructive. But when company boards act to penalise shareholders then investors are compelled to act. "We vote against lots of things. But we only vote against ...

BNY Trust Australia appoints MD and COO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... management positions in the mortgage securitisation sector and acts as director on a range of private and public sector boards. He continues to hold non-executive director roles at Westpac Funds Management and toxicology services provider, Progenix. ...

Big improvements in Australian corporate governance: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... real willingness by companies to constructively engage. The report, "The changing roles and responsibilities of company boards and directors", was conducted by the University of Technology Centre for Corporate Governance (UTS CCG) and was supported by ...

Public companies should learn from private equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Public companies could emulate the perceived success of private equity if their boards were allowed to be more independent and they were empowered to manage companies more actively, including using more leverage. "Industry wide outcomes are mixed, but ...

Aussie businesses still risky: Deloitte

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... also increased their focus on risk management and lifted responsibility to board-level, Franks said, with 70 per cent of boards overseeing risk management, up from 59 per cent in 2004 and 57 per cent in 2002. The number of institutions with a chief risk ...

Risk awareness up, costs down: Aon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... concerns. The pressure is driving increased awareness of risk management, though, with 94 per cent of respondents saying their boards are either actively engaged in risk assessment or reviewing risk management policies and systems. One third of surveyed ...

AIST chair and deputy announced

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... Scheme (NSW). Angela Emslie, an employer representative for the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the boards of Vision Super, HESTA, VicSuper and Care, was appointed deputy chair.

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... second and third-largest providers of financial data respectively, are set to tie the knot in a match made in heaven. The boards of Reuters and Thomson have confirmed they are negotiating a union that will create the world's largest financial data provider. ...

Institutions more comfortable with hedge funds: State Street

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... last year, the study, in conjunction with the 2006 Global Absolute Return Congress (Global ARC), showed more than half of boards also spent 15 percent or more of their time on the subject. "The findings of our study reinforce the industry trend we've ...

Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... Structure and Operation of the Superannuation Industry is whether non-union members are adequately represented on trustee boards. The success of industry funds also illustrates how the industry advertising campaigns are resonating with consumers particularly ...