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Cbus Royal Commission findings impact industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
Fallout from the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption will fuel heated debates on superannuation trustee governance, selection of default super funds, and trade union relationships with industry super funds. In his scathing final ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... members who were Lis-Con employees. On Friday Cbus responded to several allegations by Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. The super fund said there is no basis for the submission that Atkin knew about and ...

Pressure mounts on Cbus in Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Cbus chief executive David Atkin has until Friday to respond to damning allegations in the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. On Monday Counsel Assisting the Commission made submissions to its inquiry on Cbus, alleging the ...

LUCRF defends political campaign allegations

MARK SMITH, DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has responded to allegations that it paid thousands of dollars to a National Union of Workers fund, IR21, to finance political campaigns. Reports in News Ltd papers have claimed the industry super fund's ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
We've gone a long way, baby! A very long way... down. It seems so long ago and far away now but, it had only been less than four months when the All Ordinaries index looked set to break the 6,000-point barrier. It was only 0.8% away (45.2 points) from ...

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... the Financial Services Council annual conference, Bowen quoted Justice Neville Owen in his capacity at the HIH Royal Commission and said any attempt to impose governance systems that are overly prescriptive is fraught with danger. "By its very nature ...

More calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Australian Senator John Williams has reiterated calls for a Royal Commission in to the financial planning industry. Williams told ABC he was not satisfied by IOOF's response last week when the company's managing director Christopher Kelaher was asked ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Labor and the Coalition are opposing renewed calls from Greens senators for a Royal Commission into financial advice and financial institutions. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson filed a notice of motion on Tuesday calling on the government "to establish ...

Cbus chief executive answers Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... personal information to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). Presenting as a witness at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption today, Atkin was questioned by counsel assisting Sarah McNaughton SC, and ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... industry funds movement to apply its standards of financial planning in the superannuation sector. Recently the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption announced it was seeking submissions to answer why laws denying employees a choice ...