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Member interests and employer choice paramount

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... returns, cost effective insurance and suitable member services for or employees covered in the award, transparent fund governance and further protecting members by not allowing listed default funds to flip members into higher fee products on termination ...

Finance and Treasury Association appoints new CEO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... for Financial Studies. As chief executive, Michell will be focusing on the areas of policy and advocacy, strategy and governance, State chapters and the broad marketing and promotion of the Association and its members' capabilities. "The Board and I ...

Towers Watson leverages Deloitte talent for exec pay unit

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... expertise of our global executive compensation team." The Towers Watson unit will offer advice on board and executive pay, governance, regulatory compliance, Australian and global share plans, M&A reward and HR due diligence and broad-based rewards including ...

ESG RA Awards celebrate industry achievers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... submitted from five broking firms across a range of topics including the issues around coal seam gas, employee engagement, governance and corruption. Best Piece of ESG Research by an Individual Analyst or Team Award was taken out by Aimee Kaye from Macquarie ...

SFG restructures board for best practice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... Limited, Sydney Dance Company and Racing NSW. As part of the Company's stated intention to seek an ASX best practice governance structure and structure the Board to predominantly consist of independent, non-executive directors, Tony McDonald has resigned ...

IFM launches ESG responsible portfolio options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... tailoring portfolios to meet a client's preferred profile on any combination of enhancements to environmental, social, governance and carbon considerations. "These strategies give institutional investors a clear avenue for reducing their exposure to ...

FIRST Super invites Tony Abbott to board meeting

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... union involvement in industry super, claiming the boards were "gravy trains for union officials" with "no corporate governance" skills. FIRST, which represents the timber, furniture and paper industries, said they want Abbott to see first hand how industry ...

CFSGAM tops global UNPRI rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... are not different, for us we have every single one of our investment strategies looking at Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues across the global business." More than 70% of CFSGAM funds outperformed their respective benchmarks over three ...

Five Oceans wins global equities mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... hedging strategies to manage risk, and the fact Five Oceans' research considers environmental, social and corporate governance. Head of Five Oceans, Ross Youngman said the firm was looking forward to broadening the distribution of its investment strategies ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... Australian, Tony Abbott reportedly called industry super funds gravy trains for union officials that have no corporate governance experience. Michael O'Connor, national secretary for the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) said Abbott ...