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First Super to vote against CBA board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... re-election of board members Andrew Mohl and Launa Inman. "Directors who served on the board during this time must be held accountable," First Super chief executive Bill Watson said, in reference to the financial planning scandals at CBA that prompted ...

Custodians make managers more accountable: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Super funds wondering whether to sack an underperforming fund manager are increasingly taking advantage of the deep look-through and risk analysis capabilities provided by their custodians. According to Madhu Gayer, BNP Paribas Securities Services head ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... Australians." He also said trust and transparency will become increasingly important as pension funds become increasingly accountable to consumers. "The tides of accountability for ensuring financial security in retirement are shifting from State and ...

S&P, ABN Amro appeals rejected in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... investors generally, that should once and for all puts banks and ratings agencies on notice that they will be held accountable," he said.

New Investors Mutual LIC gets rating and platform approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... of Anton Tagliaferro and Simon Conn as value investors across the market capitalisation spectrum" with the "highly accountable performance driven investment culture and boutique structure" also being of note. Zenith said: "IML's philosophy is ideally ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... This is part of a broader point on the importance of active industry supervision and need for strong, independent and accountable regulators. Flowing from these observations, the interim report canvasses a number of options for change to the regulatory ...

ASFA calls for consistent global regulatory standards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... from our conversations. In the end, it is their system and their retirement, and, increasingly, they will hold us accountable. "So we need to ask ourselves: how do we increase satisfaction, confidence, engagement and literacy? How do we ensure that we ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... "What we are saying is that, when it comes to governance, ultimately whatever super fund you're in, you've got to be accountable to your members in a way that is transparent and publicly defensible." Sinodinos suggested applying the principles the Australian ...

Industry funds and corporates must talk more: Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... responsibility on trustees, while new reporting and disclosure requirements, he said, would make trustees' even more accountable to their members on how their funds are being managed. "Attitudes today on environmental issues, sustainability, social reporting ...

Hockey to head Treasury and Cormann Finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013