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CDM Article
01 May 2010
Tony Featherstone
reports on how problematic executive remuneration is becoming for directors.
The growing REM headache
The executive pay debate has focused mostly on the link between CEO pay and performance and board effectiveness in setting appropriate remu...
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CDM Article
01 May 2009
Terry Peabody
has a long history of building up successful companies. He shared some of his business secrets at a recent AICD
Leaders’ Edge
lunch in Brisbane. Here is an abridged version of what he had to say.
Looking to the long term
With many businesses focused on resizing or sim...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2009
A sneak preview of what’s shaping up to be a highly entertaining and thought provoking session at
Directorship: 09 – Navigating Uncharted Waters
, AICD’s national conference which takes place in Cairns from 10 to 13 of June.
Drugs, love and ethics
In their everyday live...
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CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
John M Green
praises the dumb question.
Asleep at the wheel
“The idiots were simply asleep at the wheel!” When a company lurches into crisis, as too many have lately, many critics pelt the drivers with similar invective. Caustic criticism is often warranted.Yet, it’s rare for those a...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2008
FAQs of the month
Question
What is good practice in regards to non-executive directors (NEDs) having separate meetings from executive directors (EDs)?
Answer
It is regarded as good practice for NEDs to have separate meetings from EDs to discuss issues candidly where the subject matter requires and i...
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CDM Article
01 Jul 2008
Climate change has been added to the director’s report card.
Giles Parkinson
details how shareholders and analysts will be marking directors and their companies on this new test.
Passing the new climate test
It’s been just over two years since Westpac Banking Corp’s former CEO Da...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2008
For several years, companies have been shouting good news to shareholders from the roof tops. With the economic tide turning,
Domini Stuart
provides some tips on how to break bad news gently – and not so gently.
Don’t shoot the messenger
Reporting bad news ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2006
Don Mercer has recently completed a three year term as chairman of the AICD. As Nichola Clark reports, his love of publicly listed companies is surpassed only by his passion for opera and ballet. He also has a lot of advice on what makes an effective board.
Until the fat lady sings
Whether it’...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2006
News & Views
Hidden gaps in D&O insurance cover
Company directors are frequently unaware that their directors and officers policies often contain obvious and hidden gaps in cover. At the Directors and Officers Liability and Insurance Symposium in Sydney last month, the gaps were highlighted...
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CDM Article
01 Aug 2006
The not-for-profit sector in Australia is both more diverse and much bigger in its economic significance than most people realise. It also involves numerous complex issues for directors. Domini Stuart reports.
No profits but big returns
The economic contribution of the not-for-profit (NFP)...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2006
Clarity, simplicity and performance
For business, the turn of the century was a giant rolling wave. It welled up with the first internet boom in the 1990s and then came crashing down over us with the collapses of HIH and Enron, and other disasters around the world. Inevitably, there followed ...
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CDM Article
01 Nov 2005
Too much governance?
Chris Pearce, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, is surely right when he says it is time for Australia to take a pause in the introduction of new and intrusive regulation in corporate governance. The Prime Minister and the Business Council are on to something as well ...
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CDM Article
01 Nov 2005
The members’ voice
An outline of some of the issues addressed by AICD’s policy department, committees and taskforces over the past month follows:
Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe AICD’s submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services endorsed th...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2005
An outline of some of the issues addressed by AICD’s policy department, committees and taskforces over the past month:
The members' voice
An outline of some of the issues addressed by AICD's policy department, committees and taskforces over the past month:
Road Transport Laws...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2005
The first and often only reaction from governments to abhorrent corporate behaviour - however isolated the incident - is to enact new legislation and give the regulators more power. But has this rush to legislative judgment gone too far and become a threat to the economy and an unforeseen cost burde...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2005
The Economist Survey of Corporate Social Responsibility (reprinted in the March 2005 CDJ) provides a welcome reminder of the basic tenets of business, and a long overdue caution against some of the more excessive expectations of the CSR movement. Corporate Social Responsibility
The Economist Surve...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2004
The increased focus on corporate governance has brought to light certain inconsistencies in the way companies apply their published codes of practice, especially to how directors and executives exercise their options over company shares. Check your corporate governance code before exercising options...