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US business leaders release “common sense principles for governance”. Some can be borrowed for Australia.
08/08/2016

Unlike in Australia and the UK, the US lacks any common reference set of governance principles...Read more read more

Director tenure: longer is better, to a point
11/07/2016

Director tenure has increasingly become a matter of relevance when investors and proxy advisors...Read more read more

Setting a clear governing objective is a necessary prerequisite for good corporate governance - A checklist
11/07/2016

For company directors, corporate governance issues are constant. These issues are also now more...Read more read more

How do total Non-Executive Director fees relate to CEO fixed pay?
11/07/2016

Independent non-executive directors who, in sum, have diverse knowledge and experience to...Read more read more

Utilities and Health Care Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) received the highest fee increases
10/06/2016

Last month we reported a median increase in non-executive director (NED) remuneration of 2.4%...Read more read more

Pay structures and excessive risk-taking
10/06/2016

David F. Larcker and Brian Tayan published the results of research and analysis of a classic case...Read more read more

The myth of TSR transparency can catch board remuneration committees unaware – a checklist
10/06/2016

For over two decades many board remuneration committees, their advisers, institutional investors...Read more read more

‘Misleading’ non-IAS metrics in executive remuneration
10/06/2016

Over the past three years or thereabouts, investors, proxy advisors and investor representatives...Read more read more

Employee share ownership behaviour
10/06/2016

Australian based employees appear to hold on to shares received via an employer share plans than...Read more read more

Proxy advisers, regulation and conflicts of interest declarations
03/06/2016

Proxy advisers continue to be criticised for their influence on issuer resolutions...Read more read more