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Content Type:
Position Paper
22 Jan 2007
This paper has been prepared to examine the major issues and responsibilities of directors during a phase of the market where there is substantial M&A activity and private equity investment. It contains views and background material prepared by AICD. Read the position paper and associated media ...
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Content Type:
Media Release
17 Jan 2007
Director ConflictsDirectors warned to exercise caution during boom times
Directors need to know their obligations during boom times
Directors of Australia’s listed companies need to exercise caution and to pay particular attention to their corporate governance procedu...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2006
With the legal and business environment changing rapidly, directors need to continually update their knowledge concerning their legal duties and responsibilities. Here is a quick test to determine whether you need a refresher course on current director duties and responsibilities.
20 questions...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2006
Charles Beelaerts examines some issues for directors who are faced with an offer by management to take over the company. In particular directors must be aware of potential conflicts of interest.
The in and outs of management buy-outs
A management buy-out (MBO) is an arrangement whereby t...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2006
Directors need to be aware that their share buying and selling activities may arouse suspicions of insider trading. But as Domini Stuart found, directors of growing companies often find themselves with few ‘windows of opportunity’ to either buy or sell shares.
Buying your way into trouble
T...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2006
As the responsibilities of company directors come under increased scrutiny, Middletons’ partner Adam Levine says ‘grey directors’ need to ensure all the checks and balances are in place if they are involved with the operations of a traditional special purpose vehicle.
Grey directors need to ser...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2006
There is continuing debate over the wisdom of appointing executives to the board – Helen McCombie outlines some advantages and disadvantages of having members of a company’s management team as part of the board.
Be prepared if management comes on board
Most corporate regulation in recent ye...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2006
Potential conflicts of interest are bound to occur in the professional lives of many directors. As Helen McCombie points out, there are both legal and ethical issues to consider when managing these situations.
Interesting legal and ethical conflicts for directors
“If everybody with a perceived...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2006
Professor
Bob Baxt
provides an overview of recent court decisions affecting the role and responsibility of directors. Many of the matters examined in the Law Reporter are discussed in greater detail in The Baxt Report published by Thomson Publishing.
Directors in conflic...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2006
Letters to the editor
Your March magazine noted the paper released by the Business Coalition for Tax Reform (BCTR) titled Personal Income Tax Reform. I reviewed both the paper and the BCTR’s web site and was disappointed at the narrowness of vision presented, particularly as the BCTR claims to so b...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2005
The audit chair’s auxiliary – internal auditors
By Ali Cromie*
Board audit committees are turning to internal auditors for assurance that internal control systems meet the higher standard of accountability demanded of organisations operating in today’s rigorous governance environment.D...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2005
Did you think auditor independence is strictly for the auditing profession to deal with? Not any more. Auditor independence: your obligations
By Greg Pound, chief accountant, Office of Chief Accountant, Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Did you think auditor independence is stric...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2005
Directors are increasingly faced with the opportunity and risks of participating within, or approving, MBOs. Jeremy A. Samuel and Nicholas Humphrey provide a general overview of management buyouts particularly from a director’s perspective Demystifying the risks and rewards
Directors are increasing...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
06 Jan 2005
Much of the media discussion of multiple directorships has been based on the assumption that the issue is widespread and the consequences are invariably undesirable. I would like to suggest an alternative view. Recent Australian research shows that only three out of every 100 directors hold three or...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
18 Mar 2004
1. CLERP (Audit Reform & Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003 (17/11/2003)
CLERP (Audit Reform & Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003 Submission to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
2. CLER...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
31 Jan 2002
This protocol, in general terms, outlines the principal legal duties (obligations) of company directors. AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF COMPANY DIRECTORS GENERAL PROTOCOL FOR COMPANY DIRECTORSThis protocol, in general terms, outlines the principal legal duties (obligations) of company directors.It does not...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
01 Dec 2001
The Best Practice Guidelines for Research Integrity have been developed by the Securities Institute and the Securities & Derivatives Industry Association to assist analysts and their firms in managing potential conflicts of interest which may influence research reports and investment recommendat...