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Super fund adds industry veteran

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
An $8 billion government superannuation fund has welcomed the former country head of Franklin Templeton to its board of directors. Maria Wilton has joined the board of the Australia Post Superannuation Scheme, effective October. At the same time, Jim ...

CBA finalises CommInsure sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... will "obtain an appropriate level of direct management and oversight" of the business. Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, the key life insurance entity of CommInsure Life, has also implemented reinsurance arrangements that are expected to result ...

VicSuper hits sustainability target early

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... to $3 trillion, its essential funds report on where that money is invested, what impact those investments are having on society, and whether that meets our community's growing expectations of responsible investment. "As our funds under management grows ...

Equity Trustees wins Colonial mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... Trustees has cracked $100 billion in funds under supervision, after striking an agreement with Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society effective October 1. Equity Trustees Limited is taking over as the trustee of $10.5 billion of CMLA's assets. Another ...

CommInsure charged over hawking

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... did point out it ceased telephone sales of Simple Life insurance products issued by the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society (CMLA) - which trades as CommInsure - at the end of 2014. "These matters had been the subject of an investigation by the Australian ...

Investors must monitor social mood: Nikko

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... carry. At an investor briefing in Sydney, Fulton suggested investors look to the art world to better understand the mood of society at large. Fulton brought up recent climate change protests in London where hundreds were arrested. "It's not normal for ...

Super funds recognised in UNPRI awards

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... long-term value creation. "Such a system will reward long-term, responsible investment and benefit the environment and society as a whole," according to its report. The PRI said it will work to achieve this sustainable global financial system by encouraging ...

CommInsure sale stalls, sold for discount

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... AIA. Also as part of the revised agreement, CommInsure Life's main life insurance entity Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society (CMLA) plans to enter into a reinsurance arrangement with a global reinsurer. CBA expects to receive a distribution from CMLA ...

SMSF Association patron steps down

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... a time to be able to give back to the community in a way that is beneficial and gratifying to retirees and the broader society - and this is what he asked us to reflect on." She added that in succeeding Mason, Costello was filling "very big shoes". "I ...

Why do we need royal commissions, Hayne asks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... political rhetoric now resorts to the language of war, seeking to portray opposing views as presenting existential threats to society as we now know it." Why have more royal commissions? He said public law doctrines are very important but they are not ...