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ASIC calls for detailed disclosure on holdings of super funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... the Australian public is not engaged, said Medcraft, speaking at AIST's annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF). The lack of transparency on exactly how funds are invested is potentially driving members away from the prudentially regulated ...

Media Super wants corporate marriage

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... a Fairfax director sits on the Media Super board. The merger process was likened to a 19th Century marriage at the recent CMSF conference, but Martin said his firm would not make any formal moves before it integrates its new administrative platform. ...

Super exec pay on the table

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... paid more than their chief executives, according to new research to be discussed at the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) next week. The yet-to-be released report by McGuirk Management Consultants, a long-time provider of research on executive pay ...

Av Super chair wins 2010 Trustee of the Year Award

AIST RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... outcomes and who are the backbone of this industry," he said. Handing the award at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Brisbane this week was Hazel McNeilage, head of Fund Management for QIC (the Award's key supporter). "Excellence ...

Asset consultants under fee pressures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... four asset consultancies - JANA, Frontier, Towers Watson and Sovereign Investment Research - braved the limelight at the CMSF to answer questions in the minds of many trustees: are they worth their paycheques? Pregnant pause, which facilitator Michael ...

Open letter to trusted trustees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... said a governance expert. Dean Paatsch, director at RiskMetrics, gave a candid and, at times, very confronting speech at the CMSF this week about how some trustees have failed their members by not being critical enough of the deals that happen in the ...

On the shoulders of giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... superannuation adequacy, scale and fees. Speaking at the opening session of this year's Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) in Brisbane, Paul Howes, the national secretary of the Australian Workers Union (AWU) and trustee director at AustralianSuper ...

In partners we trust

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... most important ingredients in making sure a direct investment purchase will go as planned. Magee, who spoke this week at the CMSF in the Gold Coast, said super funds should stay clear of conflicted, gouging and politically sensitive investors as their ...

Seven deadly sins

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... brought the market down to its knees. Rob Prugue, senior managing director of Lazard Asset Management and speaker at the CMSF yesterday, said the seven "deadly sins" were perpetrated by a breakdown in ethics, a misalignment of objectives and cracks in ...

Aus Ethical wins CMSF gong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
Australian Ethical Investment's Retail Superannuation fund has won the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) sustainable investment Infinity Award for the second year running. The Infinity Award recognises the fund as a leader in sustainable investment ...