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ACSI targets a third of women on boards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has set a target of having 30% of ASX 200 board seats occupied by women within the next three years. The initiative follows a comparatively strong year for furthering gender equality on boards. ...

Australian Catholic Super names new CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (ACSRF) has named its new chief investment officer following the announcement of the retirement of Anne Whittaker. Whittaker's replacement is Michael Block, the current chief investment officer ...

NAS grows assets under custody

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) has grown its assets under custody at a healthy rate and maintained its position as by far the largest custodian in Australia, despite recent well-documented difficulties. According to figures released by the Australian Custodial ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC)'s recently proposed advice regulation plan lacks the support of one of its biggest members. AMP has said it does not believe in a regulatory solution to restore consumer confidence and trust in financial advice ...

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has rejected the Financial Services Council's (FSC) proposal to establish a statutory, independent board to oversee advice, saying that there was no need for further regulation, with the mooted board simply "reinventing ...

CEO pay at lowest level in decade

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
Chief executive pay is at its lowest level in a decade, according to a new report by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. At an average $4.84 million, the chief executives of ASX 100 companies make 63 times as much money as the average ...

Who will buy NAB Asset Servicing?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
In July, National Australia Bank announced to the ASX that it was "undertaking discussions with a number of Global Custody providers" over the future of its custody business, NAB Asset Servicing (NAS). While NAB described it as a "strategic partnering" ...

Portfolio disclosure a 'data dump' on consumers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
The proposed portfolio holdings disclosure rules amount to a "data dump" that is useless to consumers, according to Michael Gordon, group executive at Perpetual Investments. Arguing in the affirmative for the ACSA debate, 'Disclosure requirements... ...

ASX meets with PRI to discuss sustainability reporting

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) managing director Fiona Reynolds has met with the Australian Securities Exchange this week to urge them to sign up to the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative. The initiative, which aims to 'educate' exchanges ...

Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Platinum Asset Management Limited and Iress Limited are among just four ASX 200 companies that have failed to report on sustainability risk for the last four years, according to a study by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI ...