The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's ("ASIC") assessment of the Australian Stock Exchange ("ASX") Group Licensees was used to broadly understand the operational changes that the ASX has made as a result of the transfer of market supervision to ASIC on 1 Aug

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. has released 2012 updates to its U.S., Canadian, European, and international benchmark proxy voting guidelines.

The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority has announced that it proposes to apply the new Basel III global liquidity standards to the larger authorised deposit-taking institutions.

On 5 April 2011, the European Commission adopted a Green Paper and launched a wide-ranging public consultation on the EU corporate governance framework. This feedback statement presents a broad summary of responses to each of the 25 specific questions raised in the green paper.