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Draft code requires institutions to disclose voting  
2010-09-02 04:00:01
In what could be the most significant corporate governance development in over a decade, a draft copy of the institutional shareholder code for responsible investing was released for discussion yesterday. The code, which requires public disclosure of voting records and policies, is set to have a significant impact on the way in which the country's R1.5 trillion investment fund industry is managed. [Full Story...]  0 Comments
SA needs to adapt to keep high standard of accounting  
2010-09-02 04:00:01
South Africa has long been reputed to produce some of the world's best auditors. This was given credence when the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Survey for 2009 to 2010 ranks us second out of 133 countries for our auditing and reporting standards. We are in the top 10 for eight other measures of financial market sophistication, and for a country that is only the world's 24th largest... [Full Story...]  0 Comments



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Public transport could spell end of the roads race  Comment
2010-09-03 04:00:01
EVEN though the SA National Roads Agency is completing a multibillion-rand expansion and upgrading of toll roads, most notably the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, public transport is set to be the flavour of the next few decades.
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Draft code requires institutions to disclose voting  Comment
2010-09-02 04:00:01
In what could be the most significant corporate governance development in over a decade, a draft copy of the institutional shareholder code for responsible investing was released for discussion yesterday. The code, which requires public disclosure of voting records and policies, is set to have a significant impact on the way in which the country's R1.5 trillion investment fund industry is managed.
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