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New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... ahead with the export of funds management agenda, life insurance sustainability reform and moving on superannuation governance." Former Parlimentary Secretary to the Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer is now Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business ...

Sunsuper foresees independent director shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... model for the $34 billion fund. Sunsuper chair Ben Swan said the board was acutely aware of the importance of strong governance across the industry. "Failures of governance will adversely affect the whole industry in terms of our standing in the community. ...

Hostplus CEO joins ACSI board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... experience join the board. Elia's experience includes senior roles in superannuation, finance, marketing, corporate and fund governance, taxation, risk management, audit, corporate/strategic planning and implementation. He also takes a leading role as ...

AMP restructures China Fund to reduce discount

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... external members to provide recommendations to AMP Capital, the fund's responsible entity, regarding strategic issues and governance matters. The review by Goldman Sachs concluded that "there is no single reason driving the fund's discount to NAV. However ...

Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... presence of independent directors in boards. "With over $2 trillion currently sitting in the superannuation pool, good governance has never been more critical to give Australians' the confidence that the board decisions made, are in their best interests," ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... employees. On Friday Cbus responded to several allegations by Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. The super fund said there is no basis for the submission that Atkin knew about and participated in the disclosure. ...

Super executive leaves for Mozambique

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) since 2011. He was also a NSW state councilor at the Governance Institute of Australia between 2011 and 2014. Club Plus Super has about 100,000 members with more than $2 billion funds under ...

Super board governance legislation introduced today

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Federal Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will introduce the government's superannuation board governance legislation today at the angst of Industry Super Australia (ISA). Although debate on the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... authorisation and review of promotional materials and disclosure documents." ASIC has also found deficiencies in compliance and governance frameworks including inadequate internal processes, failures to comply with established internal procedures, and ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... released its 2015 review. The equity indices are limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively called the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). RobecoSAM's statement said that the ...