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Vale Terry Mackenroth

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
Terry Mackenroth, QSuper trustee and former deputy premier and treasurer of Queensland, has passed away. Mackenroth joined QSuper in 2016 after a long-serving parliamentary career that spanned nearly 28 years. Mackenroth was responsible for setting ...

Retirement income expert joins SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
The SMSF Association announced a superannuation and retirement income veteran will join its Public Policy Committee in an effort to institute strong policy settings in these areas. Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper will provide expertise ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... globally, Urwin said boards must not compromise on investment competence, and the "perfect number" for an investment committee is five as it allows for cognitive diversity. The study included 11 pension funds and four sovereign wealth funds with about ...

Moving on up to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... expectations, both of the market and that of the Fed's. The Fed put this in the minutes of its March 20-21 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, noting that "all participants expected inflation on a 12-month basis to move up in coming months." ...

CBA enters APRA EU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
APRA has accepted an Enforceable Undertaking from Commonwealth Bank, having determined the bank's operational risk management framework "worked better on paper than in practice." Releasing the final report of its prudential inquiry into CBA, the regulator ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... functions having been added to its constitution in 2017, only two complaints have found their way to the AFA disciplinary committee in the last five years. This is in spite of the association's view that it can function as a co-regulator. Further, Orr ...

"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... fewer females are known to directors and this reduces the likelihood that females will be selected," 30% Club steering committee member Susan Oliver said. The results follow from a survey called "Shaping the Boards of the Future", based on interviews ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... charged him an exit fees of $16,000. He failed to meet the minimum standards in his audit, was referred to an advice committee chaired by Britt, and let go with the belief that he was new and junior and could improve with training. AMP hasn't yet informed ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... unnamed member and Darren Tindall. After conducting its own investigation, the AFA's internal Membership Review Committee recommended for nothing less than a suspension or the association will "significant reputational risk" as the two members have ...

ANU to recalibrate divestment policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... will strengthen the methods it uses to implement the strategy with investment managers. IIn January 2018 the finance committee appointed several global investment mandates. "During 2017 the university undertook a process to move to segregated mandates ...