ORCID Profile
0000-0002-3442-7315
Current Organisation
UNSW Sydney
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Publisher: Wiley
Date: 14-03-2022
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12604
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-03-2020
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12629
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2016
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 17-12-2014
Abstract: This study investigates the governance attributes of firms that have been subject to securities class actions (SCAs). There has been a recent sizable increase in the number of firms subject to SCAs in Australia. We examine a s le of firms that have been subject to SCAs due to disclosure breaches and match the firms by industry and size to a control s le. First, we examine the compliance culture of the SCA firms via the frequency of Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) queries of the firm and find that the frequency of ASX queries is positively associated with the occurrence of a SCA. Secondly, we provide evidence that SCA firms exhibit weaker levels of corporate governance than the matched control s le. In addition, we contribute to the understanding of firms subject to SCAs and their corporate governance attributes. Our results suggest the presence of a nomination committee may be associated with higher agency costs and that the influence of CEO duality may reduce the effectiveness of a nomination committee.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 04-09-2017
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to apply Faff’s (2015) pitch template to a regulatory financial accounting research topic. The author describes her personal reflections on completing the pitch template for this project by investigating corporate boards, monitoring and securities class actions (SCAs) in Australia. The author builds on prior research in this area (Chapple et al., 2014). This study is set within prior literature examining capital markets, corporate governance, continuous disclosure regime and regulatory changes. The market reaction to corporate board changes pre- and post-SCAs is the focus of the examination within the pitch template. The pitch letter contributes to prior literature, as it demonstrates a team with established researchers using the pitch template, while prior papers have documented PhD student usage of the pitch template. The author uses the Faff (2015) pitch template to focus the research team’s ideas into a concisely focused research idea. An earlier version of this pitch was presented at the Centre for International Finance and Regulation Pitching Research Symposium on 29 May 2015 in Sydney to a panel of distinguished professors and participants from market regulators including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Reserve Bank of Australia, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the financial sector including Colonial First State. It was found that there are benefits to using the pitch template for both established and emerging researchers. Prior pitch papers have primarily been authored by PhD students. This paper’s aim was to provide evidence that established as well as emerging scholars can benefit from completing the Faff pitch template. This pitch letter contributes to the research community, as it shows the process and personal reflections on undertaking the pitch exercise by a team including established and emerging researchers. Within this pitch letter there is a documentation of how the research team for the underlying project was formed and the prior experiences of the team.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-04-2015
DOI: 10.1111/ACFI.12117
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 09-09-2013
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