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Burnt by the budget? Government invites submissions on budget changes to FBT on loans over jointly held assets
01/08/2008

The Treasurer announced in the May 2008 Budget that the fringe benefits tax (FBT) law will be amended to ensure that...Read more read more

A checklist of the top 7 board remuneration committee issues for the 2009 financial year
30/06/2008

The credit crisis and the collapse in the share price of many companies during the current financial year will impact...Read more read more

Superannuation changes for temporary residents -- the government’s heavy hand will not attract offshore executive talent
30/06/2008

An “initiative” contained within this year’s federal budget runs counter to the prior government’s attempt to...Read more read more

Beware: share market declines and executive shareholding requirements may have a margin call effect
30/06/2008

Share market declines spell trouble for companies that require CEOs and other executives to hold a fixed dollar amount...Read more read more

Global pay regulation – UK stands firm while all others (including Australia) want change
30/06/2008

Both the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Germany’s President Horst Köhler, have called for greater regulation...Read more read more

Australian federal budget 2008: employee share plans and FBT changes
02/06/2008

Two measures announced in the Federal Budget on Tuesday 13 May 2008 affect the tax treatment of shares or rights...Read more read more

Research verifies that good remuneration governance correlates strongly with investment returns in both good times and not so good times
02/06/2008

Goldman Sachs J B Were (GSJBW) recently updated their analysis of the correlation between governance ratings and share...Read more read more

Corporations Act and AASB changes to executive remuneration reporting requirements to apply for 30 June 2008 financial year
02/06/2008

While several recent issues of our newsletter have flagged that the government’s and Treasury’s review of executive...Read more read more

Remuneration Forum communique released
02/06/2008

On Tuesday 12 February 2008, some 80 representatives from the four main governance constituencies – major...Read more read more

Prospective regulatory changes for executive compensation consultant disclosure requirements
02/06/2008

As we flagged in our March 2008 newsletter, the federal government is committed to executive remuneration regulatory...Read more read more