Internet Resources
A curated set of papers from global authors and organisations providing further background for the curious.
Demand For Action
- Blackrock – Letter To CEOs 2019 (Larry Fink, CEO BlackRock)
- Blackrock – Letter To CEOs 2018 (Larry Fink, CEO BlackRock)
- Blackrock – Letter To CEOs 2017 (Larry Fink, CEO BlackRock)
- Vanguard – Letter to Companies 2017 (F. William McNabb, CEO Vanguard)
- State Street Global – Letter to CEOs 2017 (Ronald P. O’Hanley, CEO SSGA)
- 2018 Investor Letter to Presenting Companies (CECP Strategic Investor Initiative)
- 2018 Summit Report (Focusing Capital on the Long Term, FCLTGlobal)
Visionary Research and Ideas
- Measuring Value for the Long Term (Inclusive Capitalism – Embankment Project)
- Essential Guide to Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Pt1 and Part 2 (A4S)
- Reckoning with the Pension Fund Revolution (Peter Drucker)
- Stagnation Nation. Australian Investment in a Low-growth World (Grattan Institute)
- Corporate Governance for a Changing World (Frank Bold, Cass)
- Value Creation in a Sustainable Manner (Mervyn King)
- Fourth Industrial Revolution – Towards a human-centered model of growth (World Economic Forum)
Empirical and Analytical Research
- Skills and capabilities for Australian enterprise innovation (ACOLA)
- The Global Innovation Index (INSEAD)
- Emerging themes of corporate governance and firm performance (AICD)
- Board Oversight of Long-Term Value Creation and Preservation (Harvard)
Accounting and Management Accounting Momentum
- Global Management Accounting Principles (CIMA/AICPA)
- Joining the Dots: Decision Making for a New Era (CIMA/AICPA)
- Rethinking the Business Model (CIMA/AICPA)
Australian Government Agencies
- Prudential Enquiry into CBA (APRA)
- Royal Commission on Financial Services Misconduct (Letters Patent)
- Royal Commission submission on Key Policy Issues (Treasury)
- Principles and Recommendations edition 4 (ASX Corporate Governance Council)
- Intergovernmental Review of Business Investment (Heads of Treasuries)
- 5 Year Productivity Review (Productivity Commission)
- Firms Investment Decisions and Interest Rates (RBA)
- Australia 2030: Prosperity through Innovation (Innovation and Science Australia)
- Terms of Reference for Australian Public Service Review (PM&C)
Vandis promotes the effective fit-for-purpose maturity of enhanced governance practice for long-term stability in the context of current and emergent challenges. Our development of practice, and quantitative assessment of implementation, is compatible with, delivers on, and extends the universe of Principle Based guidance.
Principle Based Guidance
- Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI)
- The UK Corporate Governance Code (Financial Reporting Council)
- G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance (G20/OECD)
- Principles and Recommendations edition 4 (ASX Corporate Governance Council)
- Code of Corporate Governance (Monetary Authority of Singapore)
- Corporate Governance Code (HKEX Hong Kong)
- Corporate Governance Principles for US Listed Companies (Investor Stewardship Group)
- Stewardship Principles for Institutional Investors (Investor Stewardship Group)
- ICGN Global Stewardship Principles (International Corporate Governance Network)
- ICGN Global Governance Principles (International Corporate Governance Network)
- Principles for Sustainable Insurance (UNEP FI)
- ACSI Governance Guidelines (Australian Council of Superannuation Investors)
Everyone agrees on the need for change. No one is defending the status quo. What we need is better practice, sufficient for future challenges. Something that make us all work smarter. THEN we can get together to make it standard. DANNY DAVIS.