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		<title>&#8216;King maker&#8217; Paatsch opts for a sabbatical and a long swim</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/24/king-maker-paatsch-opts-for-a-sabbatical-and-a-long-swim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/24/king-maker-paatsch-opts-for-a-sabbatical-and-a-long-swim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dean paatsch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Underperforming and highly paid executives in corporate Australia will be breathing a temporary sigh of relief upon hearing of the resignation of Dean Paatsch from proxy adviser RiskMetrics.]]></description>
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		<title>Forget CEO pay, investment banks laughing all the way to the bank</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/16/forget-ceo-pay-investment-banks-laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/16/forget-ceo-pay-investment-banks-laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macquarie Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the Global Financial Crisis, when Australian companies clamored to raise precious capital to shore-up their balance sheets, investment bankers and their favoured institutional clients made out like bandits.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Frank Lowy and Max the Axe joust at Sydney AGMs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/28/frank-lowy-and-max-the-axe-joust-at-sydney-agms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/28/frank-lowy-and-max-the-axe-joust-at-sydney-agms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 03:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Lowy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAP Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westfield]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The mini AGM season officially finishes on Monday and there was a flurry of activity in Sydney yesterday, with <b>Stephen Mayne</b> running between the Westfield and MAP Group AGMs.]]></description>
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		<title>Proxy advisers need to draw the lean, er line, somewhere</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/22/proxy-advisers-need-to-draw-the-lean-er-line-somewhere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/22/proxy-advisers-need-to-draw-the-lean-er-line-somewhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babcock and Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mallesons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mfs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sol Trujillo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The attacks on proxy advisers stepped up once more last week after two corporate partners from law-firm Mallesons penned an op-ed piece in the <em>Financial Review.</em>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mayne: Why the judge should make further inquiries on Seven deal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/why-the-judge-should-make-further-inquiries-on-seven-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/21/why-the-judge-should-make-further-inquiries-on-seven-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Channel Seven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Stokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seven]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WesTrac]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before approving the deal between Seven and Westrac, Justice Jacobson should establish precisely what has gone on between Stokes, independent fund managers and the independent directors who are meant to representing the non-Stokes Seven shareholders.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The rise of proxy advisers sparks interesting debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/the-rise-of-proxy-advisers-sparks-interesting-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/the-rise-of-proxy-advisers-sparks-interesting-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allco finance group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babcock and Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive salaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The notion that boards have no incentive to overpay executives or that remuneration consultants are "independent" makes Alice in Wonderland  look like a piece of non-fiction.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shareholders miss out in CAMAC report</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/shareholders-miss-out-in-camac-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/shareholders-miss-out-in-camac-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[company shareholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freehills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mergers and acquisitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee's latest report on Schemes of Arrangement does little to strengthen the rights of minority shareholders, and is unlikely to upset many lawyers or bankers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/shareholders-miss-out-in-camac-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Termination payouts: government policy simply makes sense</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/termination-payouts-government-policy-simply-makes-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/termination-payouts-government-policy-simply-makes-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris pearce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive termination payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/termination-payouts-government-policy-simply-makes-sense/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government introduced a Bill seeking to limit executive termination payments to one year’s fixed salary. But in a move that's commercially, morally and politically indefensible, the Libs have opposed it.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/termination-payouts-government-policy-simply-makes-sense/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The $62 million shareholders wasted on handshakes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/the-62-million-shareholders-wasted-on-handshakes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/the-62-million-shareholders-wasted-on-handshakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawn Robertson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive salaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Trumbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golden handshake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sol Trujillo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/the-62-million-shareholders-wasted-on-handshakes/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new report has revealed that some of Australia's largest companies spent $62 million on needless termination payments last year -- payments that could be blocked by shareholders if the Government's proposed legislation regarding termination payments is approved.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/the-62-million-shareholders-wasted-on-handshakes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Executive pay: global talent myth debunked</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/17/executive-pay-global-talent-myth-debunked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/17/executive-pay-global-talent-myth-debunked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Council of Superannuation Investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/17/executive-pay-global-talent-myth-debunked/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A research paper has rejected one of the great myths perpetuated by company directors -- that Australian executives need to be paid millions of dollars to prevent them from leaving.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/17/executive-pay-global-talent-myth-debunked/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The ETS: our very own pig with lipstick</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/the-ets-our-very-own-pig-with-lipstick-and-a-touch-of-kohl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/20/the-ets-our-very-own-pig-with-lipstick-and-a-touch-of-kohl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 03:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Conservation Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the Government’s ETS will not provide the right signals and incentives for a shift to a low-carbon economy, then doing nothing or doing something else is the better option.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Outraged investors say enough to Shell&#8217;s remuneration plan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/outraged-investors-say-enough-to-shells-remuneration-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/outraged-investors-say-enough-to-shells-remuneration-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive salaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=55882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shell shareholders are unhappy at the Board’s willingness to spend money on under-performing executives. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/06/outraged-investors-say-enough-to-shells-remuneration-plan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>RiskMetrics loses its spine on Westfield pay</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/riskmetrics-loses-its-spine-on-westfield-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/riskmetrics-loses-its-spine-on-westfield-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Mayne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allco finance group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lowy family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proxy Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westfield]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=55179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How on earth can RiskMetrics recommend in favour of the Westfield remuneration report at Wednesday’s AGM, asks <b>Stephen Mayne</b>?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/04/riskmetrics-loses-its-spine-on-westfield-pay/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Eddington&#8217;s ANZ appointment a corporate governance turning point</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/29/eddingtons-anz-appointment-a-corporate-governance-turning-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/29/eddingtons-anz-appointment-a-corporate-governance-turning-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Kohler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rod Eddington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=54044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sir Rod Eddington’s appointment as chairman of ANZ is shaping up as something of a turning point for corporate governance in Australia, writes <b>Alan Kohler</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/29/eddingtons-anz-appointment-a-corporate-governance-turning-point/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Teflon Rod could be cast asunder at Rio</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/teflon-rod-could-be-cast-asunder-at-rio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/teflon-rod-could-be-cast-asunder-at-rio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Schwab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Tinto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rod Eddington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rubicon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rio Tinto shareholders should send a message next week to Rod Eddington that repeated failures to act in their interests will not be tolerated.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/teflon-rod-could-be-cast-asunder-at-rio/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>QBE executes stunning CEO pay backflip</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/qbe-executes-stunning-ceo-pay-backflip/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/02/qbe-executes-stunning-ceo-pay-backflip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive remuneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank O’Halloran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QBE Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The former market darling has bowed to shareholder pressure and amended its departing chief's retirement benefits, writes <b>Adam Schwab</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Instos and proxy advisers MIA on Alumina lunch club</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/02/instos-and-proxy-advisers-mia-on-alumina-lunch-club/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/02/instos-and-proxy-advisers-mia-on-alumina-lunch-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALUMINA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dean paatsch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alumina Ltd  is Australia’s worst example of an overpaid, underworked old boys club, writes <b>Stephen Mayne</b>.]]></description>
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