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Australian custody market grows to $2.8 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
The Australian custodial market is nearing $2.8 trillion and grew by more than 7% in the first half of 2015 according to the latest industry data. The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) said as at 30 June 2015, about $1.93 trillion in ...

Kinetic Super appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
Kinetic Super has appointed a new independent director to its board to replace John Plummer, who is retiring following the completion of his second and final term. Jodie Leonard is a non-executive director and a management consultant, as well as a strategic ...

Hostplus CEO joins ACSI board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Hostplus chief executive David Elia was recently appointed as a director on the board of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson confirmed the appointment and said the council was pleased to have ...

Highest paid industry CEOs revealed

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Australia's most handsomely paid chief executives received eight figure salaries in 2014, the latest research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) revealed. The ACSI 'CEO Pay in ASX 200 Companies' report A looked at the earnings ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
Governance concerns and member pressure were behind HESTA and NGS Super's decision to divest from Transfield, but a closer look at the company revealed considerable investment risk. "We looked at it and we saw that there are a lot of other companies ...

Industry gears for new settlement regime

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
Custodians are on track reduce settlement times from three days to two days in time for the official regime change in March 2016. Firms are gearing up to start testing their readiness for the new T+2 Settlement regime in October. "Reducing settlement ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) believes more progress is needed to embed better anti-corruption and bribery disclosures in major Australian companies. ACSI says while there has been a general improvement in disclosure quality ...

Financial services fail to share mental health data

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Two-thirds of listed financial services companies are failing to disclose important data for measuring employee mental health against wider standards. According to a new report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), only a third ...

ACSI targets male-dominated boards

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has written to the chairs of over 30 ASX 200 companies regarding the lack of female representation on their boards. The goal was to remind these companies - which either had just one female director ...

Vale Phil Spathis

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Phil Spathis, the co-founder of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), has died following a lengthy illness. Spathis was a driving force behind the organisation, establishing it alongside the late Michael O'Sullivan. He was the first ...