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Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
The current share market turbulence has been hailed a "positive" way to kickstart the year for the superannuation industry, as the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) forges onward with new goals and agenda for 2008. Speaking at the ...

PI a priority at Paragem

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... which is why we introduced this service," said Knox. Paragem's PI support service will be an extension to the compliance and audit work that is currently available to its customer base of 150 dealers.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
The Australian market is expected to open slightly higher this morning, on a generally positive lead from Wall Street and a mixed performance from base metals in London overnight. At 0703 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index ...

AXA's succession solutions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
Financial advisors looking to sell their business must ensure it's operating successfully because inefficient practices risk being sold at almost 20 per cent below the industry average, an AXA report found. The 2008 AXA Succession Report was published ...

New take on old fee debate

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... it would be hard to nominate the exact percentage number before a planner can charge the fees. Ross Curulli, director at audit and financial planning group Hall Chadwick said, "So, they may say inflation plus six? I haven't seen or heard of anyone doing ...

Szondy joins Frontier

... shareholders, AustralianSuper. His current positions include director at Care Super and AustralianSuper, and chairman of the audit and risk committee at Military Super. He is also a former senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers with over 30 years experience ...

APRA audit adds to bottomline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... might think. Most are doing the right thing it just requires it to be formalised and documented. If an institution fails an audit, Alexandratos said, APRA could impose an enforceable undertaking on the business, which costs a lot of time and money to ...

Industry funds not holding up transfers: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has rejected criticism by some financial planners that industry super funds are taking too long to process superannuation transfers. AIST's chief executive officer, Fiona Reynolds, said the ...

CG not a priority for mid-caps

... rating, based on key governance factors such as board composition and independence, auditor independence, and having separate audit, remuneration and nomination committees in place. Most of these companies did not have adequate documentation in areas ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... specialist SWIFT pushes corporate governance up a notch through an automated messaging system that creates a transparent 'audit trail' of proxy votes cast by fund managers and pension funds. The new system, called SWIFTNet Proxy Voting, has the potential ...