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Pendal acquires Regnan

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
Pendal Group is acquiring the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation's stake in ESG house Regnan. Regnan specialises in ESG research, engagement and advisory services. It will continue to continue to offer its independent services under the brand ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
A retiree body that was set up before the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built shutters its doors this year - in a clear sign of the times. The Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association, established in 1923, had 50,000 members at its peak. But ...

Planning firm among healthiest Australian workplaces

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
Financial services companies fared well in AIA's latest healthiest workplace survey, with a 21-year-old firm recognised as Australia's healthiest small workplace. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, planning firm Announcer and Mercer are all ...

Government mulls reforms to tax residency rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
The Federal Government is considering an overhaul of the rules governing residency for tax purposes in Australia, recommending a person's residency be defined by the number of days they spend in the country in a 12-month period. The Board of Taxation ...

Australian Unity Trustees signs tech partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... a number of mandates in recent months including from the Scottish Friendly Assurance Society, ASB Bank and Commonwealth Super.

Advice firm impersonated clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... contact one of client Donna McKenna's superannuation funds and purport to be McKenna to gain details of her Commonwealth super scheme and entitlements. The Royal Commission was played an audio recording of a phone call made by a Henderson Maxwell staffer ...

Commonwealth Super signs technology partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation inked a deal with an ASX-listed wealth management technology provider for greater efficiency in administering insurance claims. The CSC has signed a long-term contract with Bravura to implement its Sonata ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Superannuation funds with significant levels of female leadership again outperformed funds dominated by men, and have increased their likelihood of doing so, Rainmaker research reveals. Rainmaker assessed 66 super funds to derive a W-index score and ...

New ASFA board announced

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is strengthening its mission to improve the superannuation system with the appointment of two senior industry figures to the board. Melinda Howes, general manager of superannuation, BT Financial Group ...

Australian trustee hits top 10 responsible investment list

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
An Australian superannuation trustee is in the top 10 list of the world's most responsible asset allocators, according to a non-partisan US think tank. New America's Bretton Woods II program, which develops analytic tools and advocacy strategies for ...