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28th Annual Conference 2011
The CSA Annual Conference was run from 5 to 7 December 2011. The Conference had a theme of international governance. Following are links to a selection of interviews with speakers at the Conference on international governance issues and other topics.
How global regulation can affect Australian business
2012 will see some important global regulation coming into play in the Australian business environment. In this interview, Nathan Lynch, Head Regulatory Analyst, Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk and Compliance in Australia and New Zealand, speaks about the impact of, in particular, anti-bribery legislation and new sanctions laws.
 Download in MP3 format 5:40
Emerging economies
Award winning speaker, entrepreneur and BRIC expert, David Thomas addressed the CSA Annual Conference on global economic trends and emerging markets. His focus, and speciality, was on the rising economic powers, Brazil, Russia, India and China. In this interview, he outlines the underlying circumstances that have led to these economies becoming larger and more stable.
Download in MP3 format 6:50
International regulatory reform
In the international push to minimise systemic risk and prevent future systems failure, global regulation has been put forward as part of the reform agenda. Ian Johnston, Deputy Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Dubai Financial Services Authority provided an overview of the global regulatory program at the CSA conference. He is particularly well placed to review this subject since Ian is a past Chairman of the Joint Forum which comprises representatives of the major international regulatory standard-setters (IOSCO, Basel Committee and IAIS).
Download in MP3 format 5:51
Executive remuneration and stakeholder engagement
As the 2011 Annual Conference was held in early December, it provided the opportunity to review the recent round of Annual General Meetings, and in particular the voting on executive remuneration reports. In one of the conference sessions, Simon Pordage FCIS, Company Secretary, Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited reflected on the outcome of the voting and the way ahead leading up to the next round of AGMs.
Download in MP3 format 4:06
Business ethics in the 21st century
What does ethical business behaviour really mean in the day-to-day working life of a professional and how to manage it? Perhaps an easy question to ask but not necessarily one with a straightforward answer. In this interview, Dr Attracta Lagan of Managing Values shared some of the findings of research on current business ethics.
Download in MP3 format 5:40
Financial literacy for lawyers, company secretaries and directors
The 2011 court decision in the Centro case highlighted the need for directors to have a meaningful level of financial understanding. The ripples from this decision have continued with directors and executives reviewing their own level of knowledge and the means at their disposal of improving their capability in this area. Andrew McRobert, internationally recognised writer and presenter on financial literacy, conducted a session at the CSA Annual Conference.
Download in MP3 format 3:55
Interviews by Peter Dongas, Regional Director, NSW, ACT and WA, Chartered Secretaries Australia
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Double edged sword of communicating via social media
Love it or hate it, social media has to be considered as part of the current business environment. What was previously the domain of university students and youth in general, has now become mainstream. Together with this expansion in usage have come wide-ranging complications for the modern executive and the board. James Griffin, Co-founder of SR7 is speaking with Peter Dongas.
Download in MP3 format 9:02
Corporate structure — keep it simple
Streamlining a corporate structure is no longer a housekeeping matter but rather is vital to business efficiency. That's the view of David Pratt, author of an article on corporate structure in the December 2011 issue of Keeping good companies. David is a Partner in the Corporate Advisory and Restructuring group of PwC and he explains to Peter Dongas how these complex structures come about.
Download in MP3 format 8:27
Direct action by creditors against directors — McCracken
A lesser known section of the Corporations Act 2001 has been invoked to require a company director to pay damages to a former business partner. Although an appeal on the decision is pending, this Queensland Supreme Court case has attracted some attention because it may open up an avenue for litigation to recover damages for breaches of directors' duties. Geoff Hoffman, Partner at Clayton Utz explains the facts of the case and possible ramifications to Peter Dongas.
Download in MP3 format 7:03
Cultural governance — ensuring 'fit' in the boardroom
An increase in age and gender diversity at the board level is already apparent. This is the view of Ann-Maree Moodie FCIS, Managing Director of The Boardroom Consulting Group. In an article in the August 2011 issue of Keeping good companies, she goes on to say that this trend will increasingly raise some challenges for boards, chairmen and the new directors themselves.
Download in MP3 format 7:26
Minimising the risks and costs of electronic discovery
Electronic discovery is becoming commonplace in litigation with the nature of work practices being so heavily reliant on emails and scanned documents compared to practices of some years ago as Mark Garnett, a Partner with McGrathNicol explains to Peter Dongas.
Download in MP3 format 4:13
Regulating ASX — the regulation of listing, trading, clearing and settlement businesses
ASX has emerged as an integrated collection of different businesses even though many might still consider ASX as either a regulatory agency or simply the operator of a securities exchange. This has raised the question of how ASX itself is regulated. Peter Dongas talks to Malcolm Starr, Executive General Manager, Regulatory and Public Policy, ASX.
Download in MP3 format 6:41
Integrating governance, risk and compliance — why and how
In looking at the integration of governance, risk and compliance, Peter McGee ACIS, author of an article in the April 2011 issue of Keeping good companies, identifies some of the foundation stones required to embed a good risk management program across any organisation. He is talking to Peter Dongas.
Download in MP3 format 8:37
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