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CommInsure and Zurich win insurance awards

MEDIA RELEASES  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
CommInsure has won 'Life Insurance Company of the Year' award while Zurich Financial Services Australia won the 'Treasurer's Award for Good Governance and Practice' at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. The awards, in its ...

Trustees warned as APRA toughens guidances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
With the ink hardly dry on the Cooper Report's recommendations for a Trustee Code of Practice, the prudential regulator APRA has released revised trustee guidances on capital structures, risk management, resources adequacy and trustee fitness. Following ...

Art lobby wins fight to keep SMSFs art-friendly

SPAA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Federal Government has endorsed the Cooper Review's key MySuper reforms but in a major victory for the art industry and self-managed super fund trustees, it said that it won't adopt the move to ban SMSFs from investing in 'collectables'. The leading ...

Australian ESG expert claims world-first

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... certification will help lift the standards, transparency and consistency of ESG research around the world. For example, under the audit, any of CAER's clients are guaranteed that the method and quality of ESG research that CAER does is consistent across ...

Trustee outsourcing deals in regulator spotlight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
New research from APRA reveals that while the focus on super funds using related party service providers often focuses on not-for-profit funds, it is the outsourcing practices of retail funds that present more concerns to the regulator. According to ...

More planners gain SMSF cred

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
SPAA has recorded a 20 per cent jump in advisers seeking self managed super fund (SMSF) specialist accreditation as planners embrace higher professional standards to cater for the biggest sub-segment of the superannuation industry. The increased demand ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Following a year-long study on the efficiency of the superannuation system, the Cooper Review panel recommended the Government introduce a new default fund option for the masses to be called 'MySuper', a simple solution with dramatic consequences. The ...

AMP appoints Brenner to board

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... a trustee of the Sydney Opera House and a director of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra where she is the chair of the audit, finance and risk committees of both organisations.

Crédit Agricole signs on Calypso

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
CrA(C)dit Agricole CIB has gone live with Calypso Technology systems across 23 locations in Asia Pacific, Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Calypso Technology is a global application software provider of an integrated trading, risk and processing ...

Members call for investment choice

ASFA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... this has been replaced by same-gender couples legislation. It is also asking the Cooper Panel to recommend that the annual audit requirement for risk management plans and risk management strategy be abolished.