27 June 2025

Understanding Broker Trade Data – Looking Beyond the Surface


VICTORIA GEDDES, Executive Director. Aside from tracking who is buying and selling their shares, the next piece of information monitored by companies and IR professionals, is which brokers are most active in trading their stock Broker trade data, as reported in market disclosures and public data feeds, is the go-to source for this information but […]

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27 June 2025

ASX bares teeth on disclosure obligations


GILES RAFFERTY, Corporate Communication and Media Advisor. The ASX is introducing a new “close review” procedure to scrutinise companies the ASX believes are not meeting disclosure obligations. The market operator intends to enforce a ‘close review’ when it has serious concerns about a company’s willingness or ability to comply with disclosure rules. The disclosure failings […]

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28 May 2025

The case for IROs at Board meetings


VICTORIA GEDDES, Executive Director The AICD recently published an article focused on the topic of investor relations and why it should be high on the board agenda to drive investor confidence and attract future backers. It was prompted in part by the release of a global survey on IR by EY which looked at the […]

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28 May 2025

Cyber security gets stuffed!


GILES RAFFERTY, Corporate Communication and Media Advisor. The recent ‘credential stuffing’ cyber attack on Australia’s super funds sector once again highlights the growing cyber threat to business. ‘Credential stuffing’ is when usernames and passwords sourced from hacks on lower value websites or the dark web are used to gain access to higher value targets such […]

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2 May 2025

Final guidelines for sustainability reporting


GILES RAFFERTY, Media and Corporate Communications ASIC has finalised its guidance for the mandatory climate reporting that came into force in Australia on the 1st of January this year. Regulatory Guide 280 – Sustainability reporting  was published on 31st of March following an extensive public consultation that included 60 submissions since the draft guidance was […]

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