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  • Submission to Treasury on market misconduct penalties

    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...

  • AICD submission to Treasury on improving protections for corporate whistleblowers

    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...

  • AICD submission to APRA on revised remuneration requirements

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    02 Oct 2009

    AICD submission to APRA on revised remuneration requirements In a submission dated 2 October 2009 AICD expressed its support for the general direction taken by APRA in its revised remuneration requirements for APRA-regulated institutions. One area that AICD believes requires further con...

  • AICD Response to APRA Discussion Paper Remuneration Proposed extensions to governance requir

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    31 Jul 2009

    On 31 July 2009 AICD provided a submission to the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) in response to the Discussion Paper "Remuneration: Proposed extensions to governance requirements for APRA-regulated institutions" (Issued 28 May 2009). AICD outlined its support for the overall appro...

  • AICD submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on Trade Practices Amendment

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    31 Jul 2009

    On 31 July 2009 the AICD provided a submission to the inquiry being conducted by the Senate Economics Legislation Committee into unfair contract terms arising out of the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009. The submission supports the national harmonization of consumer legi...

  • Letter to Chris Bowen Aust consumer law unfair contract terms

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    22 May 2009

    This submission supports the national harmonization of consumer legislation where it leads to greater clarity for directors as to the laws with which they and their companies must comply. However, the submission cautions that the proposed unfair contract provisions have the potential to introduce un...

  • Review of the ASX CGC Principles

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    09 Feb 2007

    This submission lists AICD's opposition to aspects of the newly drafted recommendations. In general AICD believes that the Council should focus on establishing a stand-alone set of high level principles with companies required to disclosure how they meet each of them, rather than providing detailed ...

  • CAMAC Long tail liabilities

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    22 Dec 2006

    This submission relates to a reference on the treatment of future unascertained person injury claims from the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer to the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee dated 12 October 2005 (Reference).Regulation of corporations which are required to account for pro...

  • Renewal of corporations power referrals

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    09 Jun 2006

    The Coalition for Corporate Certainty is comprised of the Business Council of Australia (BCA), AICD, Law Council of Australia, Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA), Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA), CPA Australia, Australasian Investor Relations Association (A...

  • Inquiry into the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment AntiAvoidance and Other Measures Bill 2004

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    18 Jun 2004

    AICD strongly supports the stated policy objectives of the Bill set out in the Explanatory Memorandum, namely, to address the issue of high income professionals using bankruptcy as a means of avoiding their taxation and other obligations. AICD also supports solutions aimed at addressing the identifi...

  • Alternates for the Urgent Issues Group UIG

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    15 Feb 2002

    Submission to the Financial Reporting Council. 15 February 2002Financial Reporting Council ALTERNATES FOR THE URGENT ISSUES GROUP (UIG)It appears that during its review of the operations of the UIG the FRC has decided that there should be no alternates permitted to attend the UIG. The Accounting...

  • AICD Submission on the Innovation Action Plan

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    28 Nov 2000

    28 November 2000The Hon John Howard PM, Senator Nick Minchin MP, The Hon Dr David Kemp MP, Senator Richard Alston MP AICD SUBMISSION ONTHE INNOVATION ACTION PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) urges the government to act boldly and to demon...