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ISA voices strong opposition to "radical" super reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... services sector." The organisation that represents 15 industry funds said that it is hard to justify "a new model of governance on the not-for-profit sector that has consistently outperformed its peers, while leaving largely unchanged the model that ...

ASFA appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... change and appoint an independent chair," said Minto. "It is appropriate that ASFA as the 'pan industry' body sets good governance standards with this independent chair position." Dr Easson will work alongside and support chief executive Pauline Vamos. ...

Government to review ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... The goal of the review is to, in Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's words, "ensure that ASIC has the appropriate governance, capabilities and systems to meet [its] objectives and future regulatory changes." Frydenberg noted that the review has come ...

Activist shareholders agitate AMP China fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... by LIM Advisors, AMP Capital said: "We always take the concerns of our investors seriously and, as part of our fund governance, we have considered many options to sustainably close the discount to net asset value that the fund trades at." It said that ...

Companies failing to meet ATO benchmark

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
This week the ATO launched a tax control and governance framework and companies will be expected to comply or explain why they are not doing so. KPMG has carried out continuous self-assessment surveys, both at Australian and international level on companies' ...

Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... strategies. O'Gorman was previously managing director of Round Tower Solutions, a boutique consultancy focused on investment governance, process improvement, and product management. Prior to that he was director of implemented solutions for institutional ...

AFA awards deadline looms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... strategies. The Practice of the Year award focuses on the AFA's "four cornerstones of business success": planning and governance, operational excellence, people and performance and marketing. As reported in Financial Standard in May, the AFA partnered ...

Northern Trust wins NZ Super mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super). The new mandate, which incorporates the super funds' environmental, social and governance exclusions, adds to the four passive global equity mandates awarded to Northern Trust in 2013. The size of the mandate was ...

Industry funds embrace board independence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... to introduce a third of independent directors to their boards and see it as an opportunity to add skills and improve governance. Despite opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA), at least three of Australia's top ten industry funds - UniSuper ...

ACSI targets male-dominated boards

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... level in the near term, rather than the sometimes surprisingly vague statements often made to comply with ASX Corporate Governance Principles," ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said. "We have a strong mandate from our members - institutional investors ...