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Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... model. Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden also put the emphasis on union influence. "Superannuation boards must be independent and free of vested interests from unions and other bodies," he said. "We strongly support the recommendation ...

Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... new research released by the McKell Institute. In the report 'The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards' the authors - professor Raymond Markey, Dr Louise Thornwaite and associate professor Sue Wright from Macquarie University ...

Mercer appoints two independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... Governance Survey 2014. The report came out broadly in favour of the inclusion of independent trustees on superannuation boards. It also found that well over half of super funds surveyed had no independent trustees.

Industry super trustees lack investment experience

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... governance, according to Towers Watson global head of investment content Roger Urwin. The governance expert said superannuation boards have come a long way since the birth of the system in the early 1990s but most still struggled to find the sweet spot ...

Funding for women on super boards a union hand out: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Funding announced on Friday to encourage women onto superannuation boards looks like a handout to minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten's "union mates," said Mathias Cormann, shadow minister for superannuation. Rather than ...

MTAA Super names new chief and board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... Australia Bank, MLC Limited and Lend Lease Corporation. Dahn spent 15 years as a non-executive Director on three superannuation boards, and was also a director for the Victorian Emergency Services and State Super Fund from 2001. She also served on the ...

Coalition gives qualified support to reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... "Why would the government not support the Cooper Review recommendation to require independent directors on superannuation boards? Or the recommendation that directors of super funds should sit on a single fund board and not hold multi-directorships?" ...
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