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AIST reshuffles board, names new president

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... superannuation sector. She is a prominent thought-leader in the industry and a passionate advocate for the equal representation model and delivering the best outcomes for members," he said. Garcia said Wood had been a key driver of AIST's advocacy work ...

AIST adopts middle ground on board structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... third-third-third structure. Under the current rules, non-public offer superannuation funds must operate under an equal representation structure, whereby half their trustees are employer-appointed and half employee- (union-) appointed, with the option ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... are under review, APRA showed that not-for-profit public offer funds are overwhelming opting to keep the equal representation board structure (half employer-nominated, half union-nominated, with the option of one independent director) even though they ...

FSC questions pertinence of APRA super stats

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... Review, where the chief executive of Industry Super Australia drew a direct correlation between returns and the equal representation governance of industry funds. However, Andrew Bragg flatly denied any such link could be made. "There's no relationship ...

ISN becomes Industry Super Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... financial advice and the banning of commissions. "We've achieved this with a governance model that sees an equal representation of employers and employees who work together and act only in members' interests." The renaming of the organisation is effective ...

Govt loses, then wins vote on super legislation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... the Labor government sponsored Cooper Review. "The Cooper review appropriately concluded that the so called equal representation model, with just union and employer representatives on certain boards was no longer appropriate in the 21st Century," Cormann ...

New FPA member base shows changing face of industry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... planning profession," Rantall said. "In order for Australians to receive appropriate advice, there needs to be equal representation across genders and all demographics." The FPA Professional Congress, being held in Sydney in October, will hold sessions ...

Mandatory trustee pay disclosure draws debate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... discussing the Cooper Review recommendations this morning, Grant said the recommendation to remove "compulsory equal representation requirements" for super funds and appoint more non-associated trustee directors to these funds will have the same positive ...

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... alignment issue. But we're a bit disappointed that they're not advocating AGM-type reporting. We also think equal representation of boards is largely irrelevant these days when you can get strong sets of skills and knowledge [outside the industry]," ...

Trustee board shake-up overdue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... should the industry fix something that isn't necessarily broken? "The not for profit sector, which does have equal representation of employer/employee directors, has outperformed all other sectors on average 2.4 per cent per year. There is no credible ...