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TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... aside for the time they give up goes to the Transport Workers' Union to benefit its members. The union said a McKell Institute's report, The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards (June 2014), showed how the current industry fund ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... Australian public are becoming more aware of the problem of underinsurance and its cost to the community. As Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees executive manager business and operations services Maryann Mannix-White noted at the same event ...

Governance Institute pulls support for super bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
The Governance Institute has pulled its initial support for the government's bill on superannuation fund boards and is now calling for it to be scrapped. "The process has become overly politicised to the detriment of genuine governance outcomes," a ...

Frontier Advisors appoints former Mercer principal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... his 25 years of experience, Carruthers holds a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in both the United Kingdom and Australia. The appointment is the first of a series of new appointments Frontier ...

CFAs told ASIC is for the consumer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... area with respect to our role as a conduct regulator, as it often is a red flag to broader regulatory problems." CFA Institute president and chief executive, Paul Smith, said he wanted the industry to be regarded by the community as highly competent ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Biomedical Research Award, worth $1 million, has been granted to Professor David Craik of The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Professor Marilyn Anderson of the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University. ...

ASIC funding model needs "meat on the bones"

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... The Treasury's proposal of a new model to fund ASIC lacks detail and needs "more meat on the bones," the Governance Institute said. The organisation said that the government's consultation paper 'Proposed Industry Funding Model for the Australian Securities ...

Insurance premiums should be questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... constant battles that face superannuation funds. Media Super deputy chief executive, Michael Rooney, told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event this week that at one point insurance was seen as an opportunity to keep members ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... disability (TPD) insurance claims through superannuation funds has again come under the spotlight. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney this morning, Media Super deputy chief executive Michael Rooney said ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... towards improving the retirement outcome for women if we want to make the system more equitable," Wood said. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data ...