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01 Apr 2013
Louise Pocock provides some tips on how a board can help management strike a balance between short-, medium- and long-term horizons.
An effective board will generally adopt strategies that manage and strike a balance between short-, medium- and long-term horizons. That is, it will pay att...
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CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
Not-for-profit (NFP) boards and their fundraising staff were not seeing eye to eye and needed to start communicating better with each other as funding tightened in uncertain economic times. That was the view of Andrew Thomas, Perpetual’s general manager for philanthropy, when addressing the Australi...
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01 Apr 2013
Tony Featherstone warns that companies that ignore the income needs of the rapidly growing self-managed superannuation fund sector do so at their peril.
Responding to the investment needs of an ageing population and the seemingly unstoppable rise of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF...
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01 Mar 2013
Roger Mendelson provides some pointers to help non-executive directors ask the right questions about their organisations’ billings and collection processes.
Most companies handle their billings and collection processes poorly.
This is a bold statement but I believe it’s well justified...
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01 Mar 2013
Praveen Gupta outlines some of the proposed reforms to corporate law that could change the way companies operate in India.
Back in the 1950s, as a young republic, India chose to tread the socialistic path. Not surprisingly, the nationalisation of the following ensued: airline industry (1...
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01 Feb 2013
Hamish Blair, Simon Dalgarno and Richard Norris provide directors with a checklist of questions and answers to help them check the adequacy of their company’s impairment testing and the resulting carrying value for assets.
If your CFO answers the questions below with either a "don’t know"...
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01 Feb 2013
Tony Featherstone believes better engagement between entrepreneurs and experienced company directors could help Australia’s start-up ventures grow in scale when they need to.
Surveys show Australian entrepreneurs rank highly in their ability to start ventures. The problem is scaling them ...
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CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
Having been involved in the restructuring of the then troubled Centro property group, Susan Oliver suggests some ways in which directors can improve the success rate of their decision-making and value they contribute in the boardroom.
In November 2012, the Australian Securities and Invest...
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01 Feb 2013
Greg Medcraft explains why the audit profession needs to lift its game to avoid government-imposed reforms in Australia.
Directors and auditors are two of the financial sector’s most important gatekeepers that play a crucial role in ensuring investors can be confident and informed.
Th...
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01 Feb 2013
Directors are responsible for approving and adopting the financial report and cannot delegate that responsibility, even to apparently competent and reliable people. James Lonie provides a checklist to assist directors of public companies in signing off the accounts.
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01 Feb 2013
Rob Elliott outlines some of Company Directors’ policy priorities for the year ahead.
To kick off the New Year, I thought it appropriate to outline some of our policy priorities for the year ahead. These priorities reflect our conversations with you, as well as with divisional representat...
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01 Dec 2012
Zilla Efrat asks some directors and advisers to forecast the risks that will keep directors up at night in 2013.
The directors
Elizabeth Carr FAICDChairman of the Macular Degeneration Foundation. Director of the Kokoda Track Foundation, Kambala Anglican School for Girls NSW and...
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01 Dec 2012
As the leadership baton passes from one generation to the next, economist Qu Hongbin discusses China’s shifting economic reform agenda.
The year of the snake kicks off with big changes within the upper echelons of Australia’s biggest trading partner.
In November, following its week-lo...
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01 Dec 2012
With 2013 predicted by some to be the toughest year since the global financial crisis, Michael Fingland provides some tips on how directors of SMEs can protect their businesses from the storm.
The year 2013 is expected to be the toughest since the global financial crisis (GFC), with the p...
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01 Dec 2012
Greg Tanzer outlines some of the ways in which ASIC will be helping small businesses over the next 12 months.
One of the three strategic priorities of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is efficient registration and licensing with a focus on small business. Here i...
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01 Nov 2012
Tony Featherstone advises directors of smaller companies to keep a watchful eye on the company’s debt position, loan covenants, the strength of its banking relationships and its prospects for refinance.
The biggest risk for many small companies is not deteriorating trading conditions, sta...
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CDM Article
01 Nov 2012
Organisations cannot just shrink themselves to success. As Greg Hyde argues, short-term attempts to cut costs can heighten risks and can be much like squeezing a balloon and expecting it to get smaller.
Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap, the corporate cowboy of the 1990s, was one of those infamous CE...
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01 Nov 2012
A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues.
The future of the AGM
Following the release of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) discussion paper The AGM and Shareholder Engagement in Septembe...
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01 Oct 2012
Tony Featherstone reports on a new tool, available later this year, that will bring more transparency and fairness to equity capital raisings.
A new tool from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) will help the boards of listed companies better meet their corporate governance obligatio...
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01 Oct 2012
A review of some helpful publications on directorship, governance and boards available from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Directorship and boards come with very specific challenges. To help you in your role, we offer an ever-growing collection of targeted Australian and i...