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Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... executive pay and review directors of multiple boards was launched today at the Conference of Major Super Funds on the Gold Coast. The new framework, developed by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Industry Funds Forum ...

Robertson and O'Sullivan receive top honours

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... inaugural AIST "life member". The accolades were announced yesterday at the Conference of Major Super Funds on the Gold Coast. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), said O'Sullivan had won the ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... Treasurer Bill Shorten has told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. Minister Shorten, who flew to the Gold Coast last night to give a special Government briefing to the conference reception, said the first of 4.5 million baby boomers born ...

Super rollovers go electronic

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... developed by banking industry transaction provider Cuscal, will be on display at the Conference of Major Super Funds at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Rogue trader banned for four years

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... rogue forex trader has been banned for four years by Australia's corporate watchdog after fleecing the savings of six Gold Coast residents through a pooled fund. Andrew Mark Perkin must not provide any financial products or services under the enforceable ...

Super exec pay on the table

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... Executive and Staff Remuneration Survey, to be released in early April, at the CMSF, which begins next Monday at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. McGuirk will preside over an exclusive, invitation-only round table at the event which is ...

Floods test contingency plans

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... on Hyperion's business was minimal, thanks in no small part to the activation of its disaster recovery site on the Gold Coast. "Our office was closed for that week when the floods were at their peak but during that week all of our staff operated out ...

Direct share investing gather momentum

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... behaved in a certain way," he said, a sentiment that was echoed by a number of advisers at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, Mark Thomas, chief executive of Van Eyk Research, argued that managed funds still have certain advantages. "If ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... if comments from a senior Treasury department official are anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant, manager of the financial services taskforce unit at the Treasury Department said that "it is not envisaged ...

FPA launches new strategy, brand

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Financial Planning Association has unveiled a new strategy and brand at the FPA National Conference on the Gold Coast this morning as part of a broader effort to restore consumer trust post-GFC. As part of the strategy, the FPA has proposed a number ...