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Turnbull putting industry fund governance back on the table

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... to the establishment of the Registered Organisations Commission, which he said ensures that "registered organisations, unions and employer organisations will have the same levels of accountability and transparency as company directors do to their shareholders." ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... and super fund member interest best aligns to deliver these projects is the bigger question. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Dave Oliver told the forum that industry super's story should resonate politically but there's a constant ...

First client for Rubik Model Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... Temenos' 'front-to-back' technology to develop Rubik Model Bank, a digital banking platform designed for Australian credit unions, mutual and other ADI's. Rubik chief executive Iain Dunstan said the company is pleased to have signed the first client ...

Telstra Super appoints financial planning EGM

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... fund appointed Scott Connolly as a member director. Connolly is the assistant secretary at the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). He is also a director at the Union Education Foundation, the secretary and treasurer for ACTU Education, and a director ...

New board members at CareSuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... awarded a medal of the Order of Australia for service to industrial relations. McLean was nominated to the CareSuper board by Unions NSW. He also joins CareSuper's compliance, audit and risk management committee. CareSuper said the new directors were ...

New Spring FG SMSF platform opens

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... guaranteed cash management accounts from Macquarie Bank and term deposits from more than 20 different Australian banks, credit unions and building societies integrated with Australian Money Market's term deposit platform. Australian shares, options ...

Royal Commission won't hit banks where it hurts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... Degotardi concluded by suggesting that there was no way banks could become "customer-centric," asserting that only credit unions, building societies and mutual banks "put their customers first because that is why they exist."

AMMA adds voice to superannuation choice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
AMMA (Australian Mines and Metals Association) has welcomed proposed legislation to ensure unions cannot stop Australian employees choosing their own superannuation fund. In response to the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Choice of Fund) Bill ...

Gender pay gap worsening: ACTU

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
With International Women's Day around the corner the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has renewed calls for the federal government to make gender inequality a priority. The ACTU's updated gender pay gap report shows 60% of women aged between ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... supports more super fund choice. It said institutional links between super funds with equal representation boards and trade unions gives rise to conflicts of interest that may have a negative impact on consumers. "The absence of competition in the default ...