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Former UniSuper CIO joins legalsuper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... investment expertise and to embed this expertise at the base of all investment decision making," Miles said. "Strong governance of investments needs highly qualified and experienced people especially at a time when investment markets remain volatile ...

Alternatives beyond reach for in-house

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... Investing however, showed that only one-third of Australian pension funds who responded said they have sufficient internal governance or risk management processes to be able to monitor alternative investments. Because success in alternatives often requires ...

Kinks in Stronger Super armour

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... Australian Investment Summit on Friday, Graham Harman, director of Capital Markets Research at Russell, labelled the better governance outcome of Stronger Super a myth, saying that legacy issues aside, as funds amalgamate there will be an increase in ...

Perpetual increases NFP scholarships

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Perpetual has approved additional funding for more not-for-profit board education and governance scholarships. The scholarships will be available to chairmen and directors of NFP boards and the increase follows community and NFP sector demand. Following ...

Industry funds ride SMSF wave

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... wanting that control who move to an SMSF they find when they get there that what ties up most of their time is the governance and compliance issues and they really don't have that much time to spend on the investment piece which was what it was all for." ...

HESTA income stream phases out risk

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... stopped thinking about products and started thinking about strategy," said Rob Fowler, executive manager, investments and governance, HESTA. "We were uncomfortable with the point-in-time investment market risk that exists in popular de-risking strategies ...

Provident Capital leaves 3500 investors in limbo

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... we downgraded." SQM said asking for financials at the responsible entity level of rated funds was part of corporate governance procedures. "When everybody looks at those June 30 2011 accounts they look very much in order and there's nothing there to ...

AEI shareholders fight off board changes

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... ethical superannuation and managed funds; through investments in companies based on their environmental, social and governance performance.

Coalition releases super manifesto

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... clearing house through the Australian Taxation Office, expand competition in how default funds are appointed, improve governance according to the Cooper Review recommendations, improve transparency to enable consumers to easily compare funds, review ...

SuperStream passes Lower House

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... implementation, review and maintenance of the standards. "ASFA believes the establishment of a Superannuation Standards Governance Council would result in a better outcome for the industry and fund members," said ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos. "The ...