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Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... operation within the firm and quality and timeliness of decision making; that results in inefficiencies." The Governance Institute's national director of policy and publishing, Judith Fox, weighed in next. She said the equal representation model no longer ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... addressing their ESG concerns. To support this claim Reynolds cited a 2013 meta study by the Deutsche Bank Global Financial Institute that found companies with ESG investment criteria have higher credit ratings and on average lower costs of capital. ...

Industry fund advice on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... are expected to grow by 43% over the next four years, research by Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggests. Based on a survey of 19 not-for-profit funds, the research shows that the industry ...

Philanthropists donate $6.2m through Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... Cancer Foundation of Australia ($100,000), The Smith Family ($979,000), So They Can ($752,460) and Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research ($900,000).

Most life insurance consumers open to genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... head Adele Groyer. She added that these findings were supported by a similar, larger-scale report by genome research institute Wellcome Trust Sanger, which surveyed nearly 7,000 people in 75 countries. In that study, 98% of respondents were interested ...

MySuper fee savings can be doubled

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... to the overall super system, but introducing some simple measures could double that amount, according to the Grattan Institute. The Institute's productivity growth program director, Jim Minifie, said that the average MySuper account with a balance less ...

ASFA concerned about board governance timeline

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... prepare a transition plan that will ensure an orderly and timely adoption of such significant changes." The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has also reportedly asked for an extension of the transition timeline, but has made representations ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... working today have not and will not spend the majority of their working lives in it at a full 12%." Today the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and AustralianSuper have released a paper suggesting the super system is more than four ...

Super and pension work together

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... is the conclusion of the Super Reality Check report developed by Vidler Policy and Research (VPR) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). The goal of the report was to demystify the purpose of superannuation, and specifically ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... points at 5,639. In local economic news on Monday, the ANZ's job advertisements series and the TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge, both for July, are due out. The Australian Industry Group performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, the ...