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Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Governance Ideas Exchange Forum that on a number of occasions in the last few years she has "noted that comparisons of investment ...

Imputation's economic effects unclear: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... there are clear benefits of dividend imputation in the corporate finance sector in terms of financial stability and governance. An example is the fact that corporations in Australia distribute more of their income as dividends and therefore have to make ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... start in 1988 with the award superannuation system, super was pretty easy. There wasn't a lot to it. Prior to '87 the governance of superannuation was done within one very small part of the Tax Act - in fact it was about three of four paragraphs," Houlihan ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... which will "damage the high-performing industry super system." In a scathing statement about the debate on super board governance, TWU said industry super funds provide better returns for their members and have significantly outperformed bank-owned funds ...

Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... critical that the superannuation system is competitive, efficient and transparent and has the highest standards of governance. Australians must have confidence to invest in this system and plan for their retirement. By providing retirement incomes for ...

Australian Ethical joins animal welfare initiative

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... certain standard. The benchmark conducts an annual report ranking global food companies according to their policies, governance, management processes and reporting on farm animal welfare. Australian Ethical head of ethics, Dr Stuart Palmer, said joining ...

Government using super as "petri dish": Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... one ideological experiment after another" during a debate in federal parliament yesterday. The superannuation trustee governance bill won't be debated until next week but the newly appointed Shadow Minister for financial services and superannuation raised ...

Board gender diversity further scrutinised by ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has released new governance guidelines which consider recommending against the re-election of directors in companies which perform poorly on board gender diversity. The guideline dealing with ...

Towers Watson wins public sector fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... J.P. Morgan as its custodian in August. At the time McNally said the appointment "would underpin a robust investment governance framework." Towers Watson is a global professional services company that helps organisations improve performance through people ...

New website gives advisers company ESG ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... CAER has launched a new website that allows financial advisers to view the researcher's environmental, social land governance ratings for more than 300 Australian and New Zealand companies at the click of a button. Coinciding with Ethical Investment ...