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Super funds urged to disclose director and exec pay

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... arrive before the industry. "While some not-for-profit funds are leading the way and have adopted best practice in disclosing remuneration and ensuring transparency around the operations of their boards and executive, there is room for improvement elsewhere," ...

Centro MCS proposes DPF wind-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... PricewaterhouseCoopers more than four years ago. Investors accused Centro of misleading and deceptive conduct by not disclosing at least $3bn of interest-bearing debt falling due in 12 months in its 2007 financial report. The subsequent restructure saw ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... Woodlands Group, with the timber specialist purchasing 42,000 acres on behalf of the QIC Alternative Beta Fund. QIC is not disclosing the dollar value of the mandate, although it is believed to represent an allocation of approximately 5% of funds in ...

ASIC calls for detailed disclosure on holdings of super funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... bucket which was the minor assets - it's actually where often the riskiest assets were so I'm always cynical about only disclosing major holdings - you then have to determine what's major and what's not. "I think it's better to come clean and disclose ...

Disclosure regulations unnecessary: FIRSTSUPER

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... said Kell. Forestry industry super fund, FIRSTSUPER, has provided disclosure to its members for the past two years, disclosing the actual amount paid to each director and the chief executive rather than in bands. The super fund also discloses, as do ...

CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... hands of the union-controlled industry super funds for the benefit of the Labor Party," he said. Yet Mack asks how disclosing a bill to a client to pay for your services would kill off a small business. "This disclosure provision is not complex. It is ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds worried about the cost of disclosing their portfolio holdings need to ditch their old legacy platforms, one of the world's biggest platform providers said yesterday. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) this ...

Super funds want a cost-benefit analysis on disclosure

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds want a cost-benefit analysis done on the merits of disclosing their investments in response to a new push by the corporate regulator for greater transparency in the industry. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... trustees to issue a warning to members because this is a blunt tool, but it is a tool," said Graus. The start date for disclosing risk on a standardised basis coincides with the government's shorter product disclosure statement regime.

ESG failings impacting super investments

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... their investment models to include ESG risk, at the moment that is difficult for these managers as companies aren't disclosing," ACSI chief executive, Ann Byrne, told Financial Standard. "There is willingness on behalf of the super funds and the investment ...