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AMP SMSF appoints Burgess as new policy head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
AMP SMSF has appointed Peter Burgess to the new role of head of policy and technical. Burgess will be responsible for interpreting SMSF legislation to help with the development of SMSF advice as well as technical support for AMP's aligned planner network. ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... Piece of ESG Research while Citi has won Best ESG Broking Firm three years in a row. "The ESG RA Research Award Working Group felt extremely heartened this year that progress continues to be made in the pursuit of ESG research excellence," said Lisa ...

Policy team reshuffles at ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has restructured its policy team after the departure last year of policy manager Margaret Stewart. Last week the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said that after Stewart left ...

Cbus and HESTA take out top AIST awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... for Excellence: Adam Bullock, Industry Fund Services Super Investment Award for Excellence: HESTA - Income Stream Working Group Super Operations/Administration Award for Excellence: Tim Baker, RBF Winners AIST 2012 Scholarships Leader Development Scholarship ...

Klipin leaves AFA for millenium 3

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Two weeks after pulling off the organisation's most successful annual conference in 20 years, Richard Klipin plans to swap his long-standing position as the AFA's CEO to be CEO of the ANZ owned millenium 3 adviser group. Since 2006, Klipin has been ...

Outsourcing risk worries APRA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... arrangements being reported, not all of which have been subject to "robust due diligence," said APRA. A cross divisional working group has been established within the prudential regulator to evaluate issues associated with outsourcing. Without naming ...

Former Count CEO joins Chase

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... Jordan retains his role as the Government's chief external tax adviser as chair of the Government's Business Tax Working Group and Board of Taxation. The two join the recently appointed director Richard English, who joined in July from Macquarie Priv ...

MLC appoints super funds board member

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... to pursue directorships and advisory roles. He is a member of the Federal Government's Stronger Super Governance Working Group, deputy president of the Accounting Foundation - University of Sydney, member and immediate past chairman of the Superannuation ...

Portfolio Disclosure guideline released

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
A working group formed by the Financial Services Council has put together draft guidelines for portfolio disclosure in response to ASIC's call for super funds and managed funds to disclose their investments last year. The guidelines will propose that ...

Treasury heavy handed on portfolio disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... (ASIC) commissioner Greg Medcraft in 2011, both ASFA and the Financial Services Council (FSC) engaged AISC to form a working group to implement enhanced portfolio disclosure for both super funds, and managed investment funds. "As an industry we had committed ...