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Minto re-elected as ASFA board chair

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014

Australian family businesses lag global counterparts

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... mechanisms typically adopted to deal with conflict including: family council, entry and exit provisions and family constitution. "At a minimum, all family businesses should have a family constitution. Conflict can easily impact business and family harmony ...

Hockey wants Sinodinos back

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... policy areas - regarding the role of the Fair Work Commission in the choice of default superannuation funds and the constitution of industry fund boards - have been in limbo ever since Sinodinos stood aside. His return would potentially bring these two ...

Questions raised about independence of van Eyk board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... matters have been stabilised," he added. Financial Standard understands that there is no requirement in van Eyk's constitution for an independent director to sit on the board. On its company website, van Eyk lists Mark Thomas and company secretary David ...

Impartiality of FWC Expert Panel challenged again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... a lack of judgement one would ordinarily expect from a member of the Commission." In June the FSC challenged the constitution of the Expert Panel on superannuation in the Federal Court, with Industry Super Australia as first respondent. It's challenge ...

New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... associations and professional associations. "If you're there to promote the benefit of your members and that's what your constitution says and there's no necessary public interest requirement that's an industry association," Rantall said. "If you have ...

Abetz backed FSC in case against FWC, Federal Court reveals

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... Financial Services Council (FSC) had the backing of Employment Minister Eric Abetz in its Federal Court case against the constitution of the Fair Work Commission's superannuation expert panel, it has emerged. On Friday the Federal Court published the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... finance data. In equities news, Roc Oil has slated an extraordinary general meeting for a vote on a change to its constitution that will halt its merger with Horizon Oil. In Australia, the market on Thursday ended a three-day run of losses with modest ...

FSC-ISA court clash to go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... urged the minister to appoint a replacement quickly, "in order to resolve any residual uncertainty regarding the constitution of the panel hearing matter AM2014/6." The latter is a reference to the upcoming Federal Court hearing. Allen wrote a letter ...

FSC serves boutique with 'surprise' exit fee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... with a surprise six month resignation fee of $8,273.60. While Walsh acknowledged that this policy was in the FSC's constitution, he said UCA was never told about it when it joined up, and the document that they have on file mentions nothing about it. ...