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FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is backing the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption to remove laws that deny employees a choice of superannuation fund. FSC chief executive, Sally Loane, said super must be decoupled from the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... Wednesday, Reserve Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe participates in a panel discussion at The Future of International Governance and the G20 conference, and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer confidence survey is due out. In Australia, the market ...

Royal Commission looks at choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption is seeking submissions to answer why laws denying employees a choice of superannuation fund should not be repealed. In its latest discussion paper, Options for Law Reform, the Commission ...

Cbus faces serious industry problems with super payments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
An independent governance review of Cbus found the construction industry faces a serious problem with employers regularly gaming the system and not meeting their superannuation payment obligations. The recent review was commissioned by the industry ...

Senior female execs needed: BlackRock

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... of board positions with women is achievable, at least for larger companies during 2017," BlackRock head of corporate governance and responsible investment for Asia Pacific Pru Bennett said. At 17.5%, figures for 2013 put Australia ahead of the global ...

LGS launches shareholder voting website

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... LGS chief executive, Peter Lambert, said the company engages with companies on a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to ensure the addressing of potential risks across the investment portfolio. "Voting at shareholder meetings forms ...

ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... consumers in the financial system. This is achieved through our role in market supervision and competition, and corporate governance. "We have a strong regulatory framework that will enforce and give effect to the law if we find issues regarding confidential ...

Frydenberg to decide on advice standards in June

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... PJC model." Participants in the roundtable also emphasised the importance of sensible transitional mechanisms, robust governance, sustainable funding and achieving enduring reform.

Superannuation trustees under the spotlight: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... Sydney, Rowell said some trustees are also over reliant on service providers or have weaknesses in their investment governance and investment risk management frameworks. She also said liquidity management and portfolio stress testing are areas where ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... benchmark weight then there are returns on offer. Wells Capital is also buoyed by China's ever-improving corporate governance and focus on shareholder value. "That is giving investors a greater sense of security, encourages better operating practices ...