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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Policy Submission
22 Dec 2009
AICD argues in this submission that the proposed guide has a useful educative purpose but that its limitations should be clearly acknowledged including that it does not represent the law or judicial interpretation. The guide fails to acknowledge at a number of levels the difference between the roles...
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Policy Submission
17 Jul 2009
On 17 July 2009 AICD provided a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee in response to its inquiry into the Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009. The submission outlines AICD’s concerns with the Bill, including the proposed low threshol...
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Policy Submission
16 Jul 2009
On 16 July 2009 AICD provided a submission in connection with the Inquiry being undertaken by the Senate Economics References Committee into Employee Share Schemes. In the submission AICD outlines its concerns with Federal Government proposals to reform the taxation arrangements for employee share p...
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Policy Submission
29 May 2009
On 29 May 2009 AICD lodged a submission with the Productivity Commission in response to the Commission's Issues Paper titled "Regulation of Director and Executive Remuneration in Australia" (issued April 2009). The 70 page submission covers many different aspects of NED and Executive Remuneration, i...