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  • Indian company law gets a revamp

    Content Type: CDM Article

    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...

  • Approving the financial report

    Content Type: CDM Article

    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. 　　 Item Comment READY? 　...

  • Policy Update

    Content Type: CDM Article

    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...

  • Further lessons from Centro

    Content Type: 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...

  • Auditors put on notice

    Content Type: CDM Article

    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...

  • Policy Update

    Content Type: CDM Article

    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...

  • Essential reading for directors

    Content Type: CDM Article

    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...

  • What the research shows

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2012

    Greg Couttas reveals how the 125 audit committee chairmen polled in a recent Deloitte study believe life has changed since the Centro judgment. It is over a year since the Federal Court’s Justice John Middleton found eight of Centro’s directors had breached their statutory duties of care ...

  • Centro: a year on

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2012

    As directors sit down to review their companies’ accounts this month, Domini Stuart examines how the Centro case may have changed boardroom behaviour. Just over a year ago, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) hailed the Federal Court’s verdict against eight directo...