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AGM season triggers target practice |
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THE 2009 annual meeting season kicks off this week -- and it's expected to be the most heated in years as shareholders vent their anger over massive salaries for company boards. Market watchers believe remuneration will be a bigger issue than ever as many executives are earning the same amount as they did in the boom times - or received pay rises -- regardless of the fact the companies they run have posted big profit declines during the global financial crisis. 12 October 2009 Read full article on news.com.au
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Shareholders to flex their muscles |
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Directors who step on to the AGM stage this season are likely to face unusually angry audiences. Corporations, it was once famously said, have no bodies to kick and no souls to damn. But as the annual general meeting season gears up, that may not stop retail shareholders trying. 12 October 2009 Read full article on BusinessDay
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Big-end bonuses face the chop |
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Debate over whether politicians should interfere in business is set to intensify, with the Productivity Commission due to release a draft report into spiralling executive salaries today. The Federal Government says it is considering introducing legislation to help crack down on exorbitant executive pay packets but the Opposition and shareholder groups argue it is not a taxpayer issue. But church groups which have bought into the issue disagree. Former Macquarie Bank chief Allan Moss tops Australia's best-paid list, with a salary of $25 million. 30 September 2009 Read the full article on ABC News
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Telstra's forced structural separation - ASA response and what you can do |
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Many members have contacted the ASA concerned about what action to take on the Government's proposed legislation to restrict the assets which Telstra is allowed to own.
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MAp internalisation vote on schedule as GAP drops legal proceedings |
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The Global Airports (GAP) consortium has dropped its bid to stop Macquarie Airports (MAp) shareholders from voting on the airport operator's planned internalisation deal with Macquarie Group Ltd, citing threats by MAp management of severe contingent liabilities against the consortium. 29 September 2009 Read full article on Business Spectator
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