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Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... the Royal Commission." In terms of accountability, AMP pointed to its chief executive and chair stepping down; board directors taking a 25% pay cut for the remainder of 2018; and the strengthening of its advice governance framework in 2017 among other ...

WA Super names advice GM

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... contact centre, business development and product and marketing. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of the Funds Executive Association. Last year, WA Super merged with Concept One to form a $3.2 billion super ...

Industry fund appoints new chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed a new chair. Vision Super has appointed current director Geoff Lake as its new chair for at least the next three years. Lake has served as a director of the fund since 2009, and currently holds ...

Vale Terry Mackenroth

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
Terry Mackenroth, QSuper trustee and former deputy premier and treasurer of Queensland, has passed away. Mackenroth joined QSuper in 2016 after a long-serving parliamentary career that spanned nearly 28 years. Mackenroth was responsible for setting ...

Retirement income expert joins SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
The SMSF Association announced a superannuation and retirement income veteran will join its Public Policy Committee in an effort to institute strong policy settings in these areas. Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper will provide expertise ...

"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... planning firm as an example - compounding the exclusion of women from board roles. "Given the current small percentage of directors who are female, this leads to a Catch 22 situation, where fewer females are known to directors and this reduces the likelihood ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... proper performance of functions attaching to the person's professional capacity or their business relationship with the directors of the corporation: Knowing that the directors are accustomed to act in accordance with the person's instructions or wishes ...

Industry fund adds chair, first female director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
A $2.1 billion industry superannuation fund appointed a former AMP and ANZ executive as its new chair and welcomed its first female board member. AMIST Super has appointed Greg Camm as independent chair, succeeding long-serving chair Kevin Cottrill ...

Brenner leaves AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... Clayton Utz report on AMP's fee for no service issue, the institution determined that Brenner, Meller and AMP's other directors did not act inappropriately in relation to the report. "The board commissioned and received the report. It was not a matter ...

First Super to vote against AMP board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... uncovered by the Royal Commission are unacceptable." "First Super will vote its shares against the re-election of the three directors and calls on the rest of the board to seriously consider their individual and collective positions," Watson said. Watson ...