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ARTICLE · 09 MARCH 2019

ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (4th edition) released

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The fourth edition of ASX Corporate Governance has 35 recommendations of general application, seven of which are new.

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Last week, the ASX Corporate Governance Council released the final version of the  fourth edition Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (Click  here  to view Media Release).

Effective date deferred

The new edition will take effect for an entity's first full financial year commencing on or after 1 January 2020 (instead of the previously proposed 1 July 2019). Accordingly, entities with:

  • a 31 December balance date will be expected to measure their governance practices against the new recommendations in the financial year ended 31 December 2020; and
  • a 30 June balance date will be expected to measure their governance practices against the new recommendations in the financial year ended 30 June 2021.

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