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Content Type:
Policy Submission
07 Jun 2011
This submission to Federal Treasury is in response to the Exposure Draft of the Corporations Amendment Regulations 2011, released on 16 May 2011.
The submission reiterated some of our concerns with the Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remune...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
30 Mar 2011
This submission to Federal Treasury sets out our views on the Discussion Paper 'The clawback of executive remuneration where financial statements are materially misstated', released by the Federal Government on 20 December 2010.
We noted our strong opposition to a mandated clawback provisi...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
13 Aug 2010
On 13 August 2010, the Australian Institute of Company Directors wrote to the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) setting out our views on the requirements that apply to remuneration reports and on simplification of the incentive components of executive remuneration arrangements. In ...
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Content Type:
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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Content Type:
Policy Submission
06 Nov 2009
On 6 November 2009 AICD wrote to the Productivity Commission expressing its views on a set of executive remuneration proposals released by the Commission on 30 September 2009. AICD commended the balanced and factual approach taken by the Commission, but expressed concern regarding some of the propos...
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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...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
19 Mar 2009
This submission provides some comments from AICD to the Australian Shareholders Association (ASA) on its draft policy statement on executive remuneration.
It includes AICD's views regarding statutory restrictions on executive remuneration, binding shareholder vote and executive termination payme...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
22 Oct 2008
This position paper sets out some of AICD's views on executive termination payments and identifies some issues for boards to consider. The paper draws together comments previously made by AICD on the subject.
Position paper no 13 - Executive termination payments
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Content Type:
Position Paper
06 May 2008
This position paper sets out some of AICD's views on companies providing non-recourse loans to executives for the purpose of funding share purchases. AICD considers that such loans do not typically represent "best" corporate governance practice, however it does not support a legislative prohibition...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
16 Feb 2007
These guidelines have been issued jointly by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), the Australian Employee Ownership Association (AEOA) an the Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA).
Position Paper No2: Executive Equity Plan Guidelines
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2006
In a previous article Robert Elstone, Elizabeth Johnstone and Charles Macek referred to some moral hazard issues relating to capital budgeting and capital management. In this article they examine how, in their stewardship role on behalf of investors, directors deal with the moral hazards surrounding...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2006
Michael Robinson provides guidance for board remuneration committees in developing simple and transparent executive incentive plans.
Setting performance pay standards
The Australian Shareholders Association (ASA), the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), the Investment and Financial Services Assoc...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
15 Sep 2004
Termination payments to departing chief executive officers have been the subject of vigorous domestic and international debate in recent years. All stakeholders have been especially critical of unwarranted large termination payments to departing chief executive officers. This paper focuses on chief ...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
09 Jan 2003
Australian Institute of Company Directors believes executive remuneration requires the special attention of the boards of Australian publicly listed companies. The area of executive remuneration requires boards to perform the difficult task of balancing the company’s need to attract and retain the b...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
01 Jan 2001
GOVERNANCE, ETHICS AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY - WHERE TO FROM HERE ?
Ian Dunlop, CEO, Australian Institute of Company DirectorsTwo simple factors provide a rational explanation for current executive remuneration increases, but do little to address the deeper, more contentious issues now being thro...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
01 May 2000
NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED BY A
REVISED POSITION PAPER RELEASED IN FEBRUARY 2007
DATE: May 2000
Executive Share and Option Scheme Guidelines
Endorsed byAustralian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)Investment & Financial Services ...