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Aviva chief joins IFSA board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... for more than four years, a role which was expanded last year to include the direction of Malaysian and Taiwanese local boards, an IFSA statement said. He also serves on the Asia Pacific Executive Team Committee responsible for the strategic development ...

Fundies use proxy voting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... pills adopted without shareholder assent. Funds also voted for almost 40 percent of shareholder proposals while company boards backed fewer than 1 percent of such proposals, the study found. Fund managers were also instrumental in ousting entrenched ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... increasing capacity," the survey cited. "They are also likely to demand more assistance in education themselves and their boards and in effectively incorporating alternatives into their portfolio strategies." The survey found as institutional investors ...

Retail and not-for-profit trustees are different

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... well trained in their trustee duties". The survey highlighted the role of service providers among super funds as trustee boards use an average 13 service providers. Related party associations among retail directors were more numerous than for not-for-profit ...

Austock extends risk service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... Australia and the UK. "The evolving nature of accounting standards in the area of derivatives coupled with the importance for boards of independent advice and strong governance has meant clients are very keen to explore how we can partner with them almost ...

FIRST Super, TISS and PPWSF to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... and member services and keep costs low over the long term," according to a statement on the merger website. The Trustee Boards that run the three funds first started exploring the idea of merging in early 2007, driven by the rising cost of meeting government ...

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 ...