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Industry welcomes Shorten's promotion

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... Australia a hub for international investment." Meanwhile industry bodies have broadly welcomed Shorten's promotion, with ASFA saying it provided further certainty for the superannuation industry. "Minister Shorten will also bring an important new dimension ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available today

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... the new edition of Financial Standard we feature the introduction of MySuper legislation, a review of the recent ASFA conference and proposed regulations for ratings houses. For all the latest industry news, views and regular features download the app ...

Investment the way of the future, says ANZ chief economist

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... Chinese growth and where Australia stands in all of this, were key topics of discussion for economists at the ASFA conference. According to Mark Thirlwell, director of international economy program, Lowy Institute for International Policy, three main ...

Independent directors not the silver bullet answer, super fund chairs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
Four senior fund chairs were quizzed on various aspects of fund governance during this week's ASFA conference, which included the independence of directors and whether a time limit should be placed on a board member's tenure. Neil Cochrane, chair of ...

Constructing a fund governance roadmap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... interest and conflicts of duty are key elements of a high standard fund governance roadmap, delegates at the 2011 ASFA conference were told. Danielle Press, chief executive of Equip Super and soon to be merged fund Equip Super and Visionsuper, who heads ...

Strong leadership essential to face superannuation challenges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... take the lead in guiding the public through the challenges currently facing the sector, delegates at the 2011 ASFA conference heard. That's according to former chief of the defence forces and Qantas Superannuation director Peter Cosgrove, who said this ...

ASFA: Focus on the positives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
This year's ASFA conference in Brisbane opened in high spirits, despite the last minute cancellation of one of the key note speakers, Dr. Jose-Ramos Horta. The Timor -Leste president was replaced in the opening plenary session by former Liberal Foreign ...

More voice needed in policy debate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... industry has got a trillion dollars today, and in 25 years [we will reach] $6 trillion dollars," he said at an ASFA conference last week. "For me, there's two elements what that means for the industry's role in policy debate - one is that [we] increase ...

Cooper push for "Super Council"

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Speaking at the ASFA conference, Jeremy Cooper, leader of the recently completed Super System Review, said he will recommend the swimEC Council establish a co-regulatory super council. Cooper, who is currently completing his final report for swimEC ...

Gen Yers want advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... of single issue advice. John McMurtrie, chief executive of superannuation administrator AAS and speaker at the ASFA conference in Adelaide yesterday, said the firm refers around 4 per cent of its calls to Money Solutions, its advice arm. The firm has ...