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Capital Group elects new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... Rothenberg. Current chair of the company's management committee, Tim Armour, was selected by the investment manager's board of directors. Armour, who is also chair of the group's capital research and management company will be responsible for setting ...

ISA voices strong opposition to "radical" super reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) endorsed the government's proposal of having one third of independent directors in super fund boards, but did not agree with the proposal that the chair should also be independent. ASFA asked the three ...

Super board changes could cost funds $20m a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... supports the trustee representative model and a flexible, principles-based approach to the appointment of independent directors.

Class makes final director appointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... SMSF tool Class Super has appointed the final new director to its board. Following the recent announcement of three new directors, Class chairman Barry Lambert named the appointment of Tony Fenning today. Lambert said Fenning has the background needed ...

Class appoints three board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... said the appointments will be invaluable as the company prepares for an IPO. Joining the Class board as non-executive directors are Kathryn Foster and Matthew Quinn. Their appointments follow Fred Marishel and Kevin Wyld retiring from the board. Class ...

Industry funds embrace board independence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Top industry funds have embraced the proposal to introduce a third of independent directors to their boards and see it as an opportunity to add skills and improve governance. Despite opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA), at least three of ...

Queensland director banned for two years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... Entities are entrusted with property that belongs to others and accordingly are held to a high standard by ASIC. "The directors of Responsible Entities must take their compliance obligations seriously or risk being removed from the financial services ...

ACSI targets male-dominated boards

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... represent over $1.6 trillion in retirement investments - to consider recommending a vote against the re-elections of directors at companies that exhibit either no willingness, or progress, in this regard."

LGsuper backs governance changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... fund voluntarily adopted a board structure that included an independent chair and having at least one-third independent directors. It matches draft legislation A put forward by the federal government recently. LGsuper chair and independent director ...

FIIG appoints industry execs to board

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
FIIG Securities has appointed two well-known industry executives as the first independent directors to its board. QIC chairman Don Luke and Aconex chairman Adam Lewis were previously members of the FIIG advisory council and have now been appointed directors ...