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AustralianSuper adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
AustralianSuper has appointed a new board director from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. The nation's largest superannuation fund has welcomed Glenn Thompson to its board. He replaces Paul Bastian who joined the board in 2013. Thompson ...

Cbus Super chief to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
David Atkin will leave as the $57 billion superannuation fund's chief executive later this year after 12 years in the role. Atkin steered Cbus as it grew from just $12 billion in assets under management, adopted a more comprehensive approach to ...

Sunsuper welcomes new board directors

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, as well as the assistant secretary of the Australian Services Union and the chief executive of the Trade Union Training Authority. Throughout her career she has been an advocate for gender ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... conclude on 31 December 2020. The BBC explains: "During this period the UK will effectively remain in the EU's customs union and single market - but will be outside the political institutions and there will be no British members of the European Parliament" ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... year. Next stop, Brexit. The three and half year uncertainty that is the United Kingdom's divorce from the European Union has become less uncertain following the Conservative Party's, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, thumping victory at the ...

APRA proposes new banking data policies

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
APRA has proposed new policy changes that would see a substantial increase in the data it makes publicly available on banks, credit unions and building societies. It comes as various scandals continue to tarnish Australia's banking industry post Hayne ...

Vale David Smith

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... David Smith is being remembered as an inspirational leader. Smith, who was also general secretary of the Australian Services Union, passed away suddenly on November 22. He joined the HESTA board in January 2018 and served as president of the AIST before ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... system about the barriers to fund mergers. These include funds being unwilling to absorb the tainted assets of another, union and employer groups halting mergers until they receive compensation, arguments over board composition and directors fearing ...

New chair at Local Government Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... independent candidates to its board. Local Government Super's new board chair is Kyle Loades who has worked with NRMA, Credit Union Australia. Loades is currently a professor at the University of Newcastle. In another addition to the board, Sandi ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
At the launch of the Crescent Think Tank in Sydney, former union boss Bill Kelty didn't hold back in expressing his views on the current state of the superannuation system. "My view is the most important thing to working people in Australia is stop ...