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Better shareholders – Better company
Shareholder engagement and participation in Australia

23 June 2008

© Commonwealth of Australia 2008
ISBN 978-0-642-71936-2

View the report as a single document - (PDF 427KB)


View the report as separate downloadable parts:

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Members of the Committee (PDF 107KB)
 
Duties of the Committee (PDF 110KB)
 
Terms of Reference (PDF 94KB)
 
Chapter One - Introduction (PDF 120KB)

Background
Conduct of the inquiry
Report structure

 
Chapter Two - Background on corporate governance (PDF 143KB)

Corporate governance model
Shareholder engagement and effective governance
Communication between shareholders and company boards
Accountability through shareholder voting
Preferred approach to reform
Committee view

 
Chapter Three - Improving information flows (PDF 271KB)

Institutional investor issues
Retail investor issues
Potential disclosure improvements

 
Chapter Four - Improving corporate accountability mechanisms (PDF 235KB)

Voting mechanisms
Exercising voting entitlements

 
Appendix 1 - Submissions received by the Committee (PDF 83KB)
 
Appendix 2 - Public Hearings and Witnesses (PDF 107KB)

Tuesday 15 April 2008 - Canberra
Wednesday 16 April 2008 - Sydney

 
Appendix 3 - Additional information, tabled documents, and answers to questions on notice (PDF 82KB)

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3583
Fax: +61 2 6277 5719
Email: corporations.joint@aph.gov.au

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