Leadership in Australia – Accountability, Authority, Capability and Shareholder Expectations
Strikes Against the Remuneration Report – 2018 AGM Season
There has been a significant increase in the number of ASX 300 companies receiving a strike against their remuneration report in the 2018 AGM season, with fifteen companies overall receiving strikes compared with six in 2017.
Governance – Increasing Complexity and Scope
The 2017 and 2018 reporting periods have seen increased shareholder activism, changes in emphasis and priorities expressed by institutional investors and proxy advisors, and a sense of urgency in addressing issues arising from the Hayne Royal Commission which are clearly observed as extending beyond the Financial Services Sector.
Hayne Banking Royal Commission Interim Report
The Banking Royal Commission’s Interim Report provided us with insights into two very different outcomes resulting from the activities of several financial services organisations.
ASIC Gives the Gift of Advice
Companies need to identify ways to make annual general meetings (AGMs) transparent, ethical, and effective.
Lessons from Banking Royal Commission
One of the questions raised by Rowena Orr, QC in the Banking Royal Commission’s session which took place on 27th April 2018 was “How can companies incentivise good quality advice where the best advice is to do nothing?”
The KMP Report: Non-Executive Directors’ Remuneration ASX Top 300 & NZ Top 50
Our review of Non-Executive Directors’ (NED) remuneration covering the ASX 300 and the NZX 50 through to the end of the 2017 calendar year reveals generally modest fee increases.
The KMP Report: Cost and Complexity of Governance ASX Top 200
Our last research report dealing with the cost of governance was published in July 2014. Recent discussions arising from our advisory work and highlighted in Board responses from comments made by institutional investors and their advisers and issues recently arising in the Royal Commission into the financial services sector, have made several supplementary issues front and centre.
Governance: Front and Centre
Egan Associates has received many and varied requests from clients to advise on governance.