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What fundies seek in an asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... managers have more recently opted for the notion that "consultants protect funds from highly adverse performance and governance issues" as their primary response with around 40% supporting this comment." In the early years of the study this was more ...

MySuper not the only problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... providers, profit-to-member super funds do not return profits to commercial shareholders and have a non-conflicted governance structure - both key reasons why the profit-to-member sector has delivered outstanding returns for members for more than two ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... animal cruelty, bribery, intensive agriculture, environmental destruction, polluting, social harm and poor corporate governance including all-male boards. Meanwhile Hostplus and HESTA achieved lower than expected ratings despite their long running and ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... the purchase, The Sustainability Report will become Rainmaker's key B2B title in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment and corporate sustainability space in Australia, while Audacious Investing will become a key B2C title in ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... making in a rigorous, scalable way." The R-Factor score reflects the performance of a company's business operations and governance as it relates to financially material ESG issues. Head of ESG investments and asset stewardship for State Street Global ...

Corporate fund appoints risk lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... reflection of Qantas Super's focus on risk and compliance and its implementation of the 'Three Lines of Defence' risk governance model within the organisation. "Suzette is a highly talented and accomplished risk executive, evidenced by her twenty-five-year ...

APRA considers appeal in IOOF case

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... implemented since the action was launched. "The new license conditions have enhanced IOOF's organisations structure and governance, including the role and independence of the trustee board within the IOOF Group," Rowell said. "APRA has seen significant ...

Industry fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... "This global experience - based in Asia and then in the United States - coupled with very strong investment and risk governance leadership credentials has given the board every confidence in Mr Reilly's ability to lead Sunsuper at a time of industry ...

Federal Court delivers APRA, IOOF verdict

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... the action is based on concerns it raised in 2015 relating to IOOF and its entities' organisational structure, governance and conflicts management frameworks. At the time, IOOF said the allegations were misconceived. Kelaher and Vernados later stepped ...

Australia investor friendly, not consumer friendly: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... fall below the standard we expect," the regulators said in a joint statement. "All trustees must have in place strong governance, risk management and oversight processes to ensure that only authorised and appropriate fees and other charges are deducted ...