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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2010
Why the
Company Directors Course
and its update will help you stay in touch and ahead of the pack.
Establishing director knowledge
The Company Directors Course is a comprehensive and credible learning program for directors. Our flagship program encompasses current thinking and re...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2010
An outline of some of the issues recently addressed by AICD’s Policy and Advocacy team, committees and taskforces.
Policy Update
The past few months have been a productive period for the Policy and Advocacy team, which has largely focused on phoenix trading, red tape reduction measures, ins...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2009
States’ poor report card
Most Australian states have failed a new test that measures their “business-friendliness” from a director liability standpoint.
AICD’s new Boardroom Burden Report Card examined each state and territory’s legal regime to determine how much it imposes liability on directors, ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2009
At the end of September, AICD and Teradata hosted a discussion on how directors can ensure they get good quality information that facilitates effective boardroom decision-making.
Effective boardroom information
Boards make vital decisions every day, from whether a company is a going concern an...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2009
Look before you leap
Directors cannot afford to get their D&O cover wrong, especially in the current economic climate. But Craig Claughton, NSW manager of the Financial and Professional Services Practice at Marsh, says they often fail to invest enough time in understanding how a D&O policy ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2009
A range of experts discuss the shifts in the D&O insurance market in the wake of the global financial crisis and what these mean for directors looking for cover.
The changing D&O market
Craig ClaughtonNSW manager, Financial and Professional Services Practice,...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2009
Directors are personally liable for unpaid company taxes.
Derek Hilliard
outlines how they can come unstuck by being served a Director Penalty Notice by the Taxation Office.
The low down on DPNs
Directors are often unaware that they are personally liable for unpaid company taxes ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2009
The chair of the new Safe Work Australia Council talks to
Tony Featherstone
about the direction of OH&S law in Australia and how directors can step up to the challenges.
Q&A with Tom Phillips
Few topics are as important for company directors as occupational health and saf...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2009
A look at AICD’s suite of e-learning courses and how they benefit busy directors.
Quality education online
There is no doubt that in recent times there has been more focus on good corporate governance and director responsibilities than ever before. In response to increasing demand from directo...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2009
Chris Townsend talks to
Tony Featherstone
about managing AIG Australia through a crisis, the lessons learned and what a surge in class actions means for D&O insurance policies.
Q&A with Chris Townsend
The global financial crisis has been hell for most CEOs, non...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2009
The theme of this year’s AICD Company Directors Conference in June is
Navigating Uncharted Waters
. We asked some speakers how directors are steering their organisations through the financial crisis and how they should prepare for a recovery.
Navigating unchartered waters
Alan Camer...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2009
The number of companies going into liquidation has surged.
Tony Featherstone
reveals some of the lessons learnt from those at the coalface of corporate collapse.
Avoiding corporate collapse
More directors will be forced this year to make a life-changing decision: let t...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2009
Allens Arthur Robinson partners
Fiona Crosbie
and
Wendy Peter
detail what directors need to know about the new criminal cartel offences poised to come into effect in early 2009.
Busting criminal cartels
The Federal Government is poised to criminalise cartel conduct in Austr...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
The role of a director comes with many potential liabilities. Here’s what lawyers list as the current and emerging risks that directors need to be wary about.
Risky business
Being a director has always been a risky business. As Addisons Commercial Lawyers partner Philip Stern notes: “There is ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2008
There’s no hiding behind the title of advisor.
Ben McLaughlin
and
Antonia Abelson warn that being on an advisory board may come with fiduciary obligations.
The dangers of advisory boards
We predict a growing trend in Australia for people to be invited to join an advisory...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 May 2008
Jason Howard
cautions that companies need to check their D&O cover as they expand offshore.
A litigious multinational environmentA key development in Australia’s changing corporate landscape has been rapid global expansion, both through organic growth and by acquisition. Although ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2008
Maurice Baroni
provides a sneak preview of the new Government’s plans for OH&S laws.
What’s ahead for OH&S
In the lead-up to the 2007 Federal election, Julia Gillard, as Labor’s then shadow minister for industrial relations, promised that a Rudd Government would make ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
A surge in class actions can be expected this year. Anne Lampe reports on this shifting minefield for directors and companies.
The shifting battle ground
2008 is shaping up as the year that will be remembered by class action lawyers for vapourising any leisure time they hoped to have.
An entre...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Zilla Efrat
chats to KPMG Australian chairman Michael Andrew about why Australia’s director talent pool is shrinking.
Plugging the director drain
Australia’s director talent pool is shrinking, fuelling concerns about the future of our capital markets. H...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2008
Geoff Stevens
provides some guidance through the complex maze of director guarantees.
Don’t get tripped up by guaranteesAs a director, you will often be requested to provide guarantee support for your company’s obligations. This can be in the context of financial accommodation from a fina...