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Content Type:
Policy Submission
12 May 2011
This submission is in response to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Consultation Paper, 'Disclosing financial information other than in accordance with accounting standards', released on 24 March 2011.
The submission expresses our concerns about developing these guideli...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
18 Feb 2011
This submission to Federal Treasury sets out our views on the Consultation Paper titled “Scoping Study for a National Not-for-Profit Regulator”, released by the Federal Government on 21 January 2011.
The submission noted Company Directors’ support for the overal...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
27 Jan 2011
This submission to Federal Treasury sets out our views on the Exposure Draft of the Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011 (“the Draft Bill”) and accompanying Explanatory Memorandum (PDF), released by the Federal Government on 20 December 2...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
02 Nov 2010
On 2nd November the Australian Institute of Company Directors made a submission to Treasury supporting section 205G applying not just to listed companies but also to listed entities. Although this might involve extra compliance costs for listed entities not otherwise required to report that informat...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
24 Sep 2010
On 24 September 2010, the Australian Institute of Company Directors wrote to the Hon Wayne Swan MP and the Hon David Bradbury MP regarding the Senate Economics References Committee Report entitled: The regulation, registration and remuneration of Insolvency Practitioners in Australia: the case for a...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
13 Aug 2010
On 13 August 2010, the Australian Institute of Company Directors wrote to the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) setting out our views on the requirements that apply to remuneration reports and on simplification of the incentive components of executive remuneration arrangements. In ...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
11 Jun 2010
Insider trading and market manipulation offences cause serious harm to the fair and efficient functioning of Australia’s financial markets. The Australian Institute of Company Directors supports strong laws and a well resourced regulator to enforce them. The consultation time allowed to comment on t...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
11 Jun 2010
On 9 June 2010, the Australian Institute of Company Directors wrote to the Hon Chris Bowen MP regarding the test for the payment of dividends included in the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010. Pursuant to the Bill companies will need to ensure that amongst other things, t...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
27 May 2010
In a submission dated 27 May 2010 the Australian Institute of Company Directors provided its response to the ASX Corporate Governance Council’s Exposure Draft “Proposed Amendments to the ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations”. The submission outlines br...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
27 May 2010
In a submission dated 27 May 2010 the Australian Institute of Company Directors provided its response to the Australian Securities Exchange’s Exposure Draft “Listing Rule Amendments- New Requirements for a Remuneration Committee and a Company Trading Policy”. The submission outlines broad support fo...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
07 May 2010
This submission to Treasury is in response to the discussion paper entitled Audit Quality in Australia: A Strategic Review.
As directors are ultimately responsible for the company’s financial reports and for the audit process, the Australian Institute of Company Directors is interested to ensure t...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
02 Mar 2010
We are concerned that current laws on insolvent trading sometimes prevent the best stakeholder outcomes from being achieved. They make trading out of insolvency not only extremely risky but they prohibit it for the directors of a company in solvency stress. Each director faces being held personally ...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
26 Feb 2010
This consultation paper contains ASIC’s proposals for best practice relating to the handling of confidential information, primarily in the context of capital raisings and mergers and acquisitions. Whilst AICD supports the focus of the Paper, we are concerned that some of the proposals may not be pro...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
26 Feb 2010
The issue of director share trading is central to maintaining the integrity of Australia’s capital markets. AICD believes that the case for a listing rule proposed by ASX has not been properly made out. In support of a less prescriptive approach and the positive impact of strong regulatory oversight...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
03 Feb 2010
In a submission dated 3 February 2010 AICD provided its comments to Federal Treasury on the exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010. AICD supported most of the proposed amendments, although it expressed opposition to changing the current wording of the dir...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
23 Dec 2009
On 23 December 2009, AICD provided comments to the AASB in respect of Exposure Draft 183 – Management Commentary. AICD’s submission noted that much of the content of the proposed Management Commentary framework must already be included by Australian listed companies in their annual reports pursuant ...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
21 Dec 2009
On 21 December 2009, AICD provided a submission to Treasury regarding the Options Paper entitled Improving Protections for Corporate Whistleblowers. AICD’s submission stated that:
the good faith requirement under the current whistleblower protection provisions in the Corporations...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
08 Dec 2009
In this submission AICD argues that in order to support investor confidence and market integrity, equity derivatives held by directors should be required to be disclosed under section 205G Corporations Act like other securities.
AICD Submission to Treasury on disclosure of equity der...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
24 Nov 2009
On 24 November 2009, AICD provided a submission in response to the Productivity Commission’s draft research report into the Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector. The submission strongly supported the recommendation made by the Commission that Australian governments should support and promote tr...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
06 Nov 2009
On 6 November 2009 AICD wrote to the Productivity Commission expressing its views on a set of executive remuneration proposals released by the Commission on 30 September 2009. AICD commended the balanced and factual approach taken by the Commission, but expressed concern regarding some of the propos...