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    Governance News 29 April 2020

    60 mins  28.04.2020 Mark Standen, Siobhan Doherty, Kate Hilder

    COVID-19 Special Edition

    In this special COVID-19 edition of Governance News, we feature coverage of various COVID-19 developments including: a) the recent clarification of the JobKeeper rules; b) the release of the COVID-19 Safe App and the associated privacy considerations; c) the regulatory response to COVID-19 including the temporary relaxation of certain requirements for the duration of the pandemic; and c) changes to execution requirements. 

    This issue also features coverage of trends in remuneration and the impact of COVID-19 on CEO pay and developments in financial services including the release of the ACCC's Home Loan inquiry interim report.  

    Full coverage of this weeks content is now available


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    • Clarification measures to the JobKeeper Rules announced
    • Getting the global deal done amid the COVID-19 crisis
    • ASX amends temporary extra placement capacity waiver
    • Boiler-plate disclosure is not enough: ASIC supports increased transparency in capital raisings
    • MinterEllison's Perspectives on Cyber Risk 2020 report released
    • OAIC statement on privacy protections in the COVIDSafe contact tracing app
    • The COVIDSafe app - five key considerations
    • Managing electronic execution while keeping socially distant
    • NSW Electronic execution update: Certain legal documents can now be witnessed via Skype, WhatsApp, FaceTime and Zoom
    • The government will provide updates on the economic impact of COVID-19 ahead of the October budget
    • In Brief | COVID-19: The AICD is calling on the Federal Government to implement an urgent relief package for the NFP and charities sector to support their financial sustainability through the COVID-19 crisis

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    • COVID-19: The UK High Pay Centre has released a report into the impact of the economic downturn on executive pay
    •  Pre-pandemic trends in US CEO remuneration: Equilar study identifies there was minimal growth in CEO pay in fiscal year 2019
    • Corporate Social Responsibility  
    • COVID-19: Companies with stronger ESG ratings have outperformed others during the COVID-19 downturn according to research from Fidelity Investments
       

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    • COVID-19: The Future Fund is calling on the government to divert fossil fuel subsidies to repay vulnerable workers who access their retirement savings early because of the impact of the pandemic
    • COVID-19: The FT reports that large investors are urging drug-makers to collaborate on developing a coronavirus vaccine
    • Most Australian superannuation funds are failing to support shareholder requisitioned ESG resolutions?
    • Concerns over climate leadership: NY pension system supports the push for board change at JP Morgan
    • Korea | Reportedly the introduction of the stewardship Code has led to a decline in the number of outside directors with regulatory/government backgrounds
       

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    • COVID-19: The first of many? CC Amatil and AMP AGMs go online due to COVID-19 restrictions
    • Boeing AGM result: Shareholders register governance concerns voting to permanently split the CEO and Chair roles
    • In Brief | COVID-19 AGMs: The Governance Institute has released attendee questions (and accompanying answers) from a recent webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on AGMs
       

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    • COVID-19: The impact of the pandemic is changing perceptions of the value of technology skills/experience? The AFR reports that CIOs and CDOs are increasingly viewed as CEO material

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    • Top Story | COVID-19: Anti-hawking and product disclosure rules temporarily relaxed to make it easier for lenders to offer debit cards to cash-reliant customers
    •  COVID-19: Open banking update: The ACCC has released updates on progress towards rolling out the CDR
    •  COVID-19: Stricter rules for BNPL and payday loan sector?
    •  Top Story | ACCC Home Loan Price Inquiry: Interim report findings released
    • COVID-19: Uptake of the government's early access to super scheme: The ATO has approved 456,000 applications totalling $3.8 billion so far
    •  COVID-19: ASIC outlines its expectations of insurers during the COVD-19 pandemic
    •  COVID-19: Business and banking leaders have endorsed and encouraged uptake of the government's COVID Safe App
    • The Consumer Action Law Centre has called (among other things) for an inquiry into insurance affordability in light of climate change and the associated more frequent extreme weather events
    • In Brief | COVID-19: Zip co-founder Robert Gray has reportedly said he expects there will be fewer BNPL providers in the market post-COVID-19 as some smaller providers are likely to struggle to survive the economic downturn
    • In Brief | COVID-19: The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics will focus on insurers' response to the recent bushfires and the COVID-19 crisis, as well as check in on progress towards implementing Hayne Commission recommendations during video-hearings on 28 and 29 April
       

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    • In Brief | COVID-19: Reportedly internal audit teams in more than half of Australian companies are undertaking critical control reviews of their operations, in response to an expected uptick in fraudulent/corrupt behaviour because of the COVID-19 shutdown

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    • COVID-19 highlights the need for permanent insolvency reform? A proposal to reform the recapitalisation process in Australia

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