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New CFO for QSuper

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... up the role from December 17 and has served as QSuper's head of tax for the last three years. He will lead QSuper's governance division to provide legal, regulatory and financial guidance and support to the business "Kulwant Singh-Pangly has brought ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... MySuper products. In this cause, industry fund Cbus's recent woes in the Royal Commission into Trade Union Corruption and Governance - in which two Cbus employees were accused of perjury - will only strengthen the FSC's (and the government's) hand. This ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Incoming TWUSUPER chief executive Paul Sayer has questioned the motivation of the Royal Commission into Union Governance and Corruption, urging the commissioner to take a balanced view in his initial findings, which are due out on Monday. Just over ...

Vertical integration not important anymore: Murray

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... accountable to fund members and employers." While Murray highlighted that the recommendation seeks to improve super fund governance, TWU national secretary Tony Sheldon said: "My message to the government in considering implementing his recommendation ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... significantly outperform with all but two of the top 50 funds over the last decade adopting the equal representation system of governance." AustralianSuper, meanwhile, declined to comment. Industry fund MTAA Super's independent chair John Brumby, who ...

Boost impact investing, says FSI

MARK SMITH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... sources and helping them to develop technical expertise in benchmarking and measuring outcomes, as well as improving governance and accountability," the report said. Murray also acknowledged the "valuable role" financial services intermediaries play ...

Industry braces for majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... will be exempt. "Including independent directors on boards is consistent with international best practice on corporate governance," the report stated. "Independent directors improve decision making by bringing an objective perspective to issues the board ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... policy angle to politically wedge their Opposition and the union movement. This necessarily throws the spotlight on governance structures, trustee board make-up and accountability. But against the strength of the other recommendations these (as huge ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... all employees with the ability to choose the fund into which their Superannuation Guarantee contributions are paid. Governance of superannuation funds: Mandate a majority of independent directors on the board of corporate trustees of public offer superannuation ...

MTAA hails 'a third, a third, a third' board structure a success

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... Inquiry report will be released this Sunday, and it is widely expected to have something to say about superannuation fund governance - namely, that the boards of super funds should have a quota of independent trustees. While many equal representation ...