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Govt lays ground for Stronger Super

GOVT RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... of Trade Unions Michael O'Neill, National Seniors Association Fiona Reynolds, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Andrea Slattery, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia Peter Strong, Council of Small Business of Australia Roger Urwin ...

ASIC strikes $67.45m in Westpoint settlement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... around $160 million to $170 million. This total includes the $25.5 million from ASIC's previous actions against State Trustees Limited and various financial planners, the anticipated $56 million extracted from the liquidation process and a further $22.5 ...

APRA releases 2010 fund level returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... APRA said these tables would assist the industry to focus on the long-term performance of superannuation funds and their trustees.

Trustees review fine print

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... The twin themes of super funds gaining more scale and moving more of their investment management in-house will force trustees to add extra layers of governance or risk losing large sums of fund members' money, experts said. The recent case of AvSuper ...

Related party asset exposures pose conflict: report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... do so in expectation that the investment will be managed within the group. But the regulator has its concerns. "While trustees may believe that this arrangement produces operational advantages, it can also introduce conflicts of interest that must be ...

APRA report sparks fresh debate on boardroom diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... women on trustee boards. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released findings that found licensed trustees on average have less than 20 per cent of women on their boards, falling short of the recommended 40 per cent in the Cooper Review. ...

Trinity3 names SMA portfolio managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... Shares, Small Companies, Leaders and Australian Shares capabilities while Bendigo and Adelaide Bank subsidiary, Sandhurst Trustees, will manage the index portfolios. "The investment committee will be looking at least quarterly, and we don't expect the ...

Super funds still lag in understanding ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... strong disconnects between funds' intentions and their implementation actions when it comes to ESG commitments. On the trustees' side, the report found many trustees were willing to consider the importance of ESG factors in the investment process. However ...

Government unveils response to Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... super products. But the Government said this morning that it would not be supporting this recommendation - arguing that "trustees will be required to make a fair and reasonable allocation of costs between MySuper and other products". The government accepting ...

HIP stands firm on investment strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... communicate that to your members," said Ross Bernays, chief executive of HIP. "There is a lot of comfort derived by funds and trustees from taking a conservative position, there is a degree of protection there. But you can't deny that this is a long ...