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ACSI welcomes new member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is increasing its scope of influence with a new addition to its membership base. Corporate superannuation fund Qantas Super, which manages more than $7 billion in funds, will join 35 other Australian ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... applied by Article 106a of the Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, I hereby notify the European Council of the United Kingdom's intention to withdraw from the European Atomic Energy Community. References in this letter to the European ...

Collective power: What's next for profit-to-member funds?

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... problems including aged care, housing affordability, ethical investing, and internal fund work culture. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) president Ged Kearney called on the sector to step-up its co-ordination on efforts to take on companies ...

ACSI adds AustralianSuper chief to board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, a collaboration of Australian and international asset owners, is adding two board members including AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk. Also joining Silk as a new member on the ACSI board is ...

Industry realigns for climate change

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... be a separate, distant or "non-financial" issue. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes' speech on the topic at the Insurance Council of Australia Annual Forum in Sydney last week was received positively by industry associations. The Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Mercer wins $250m NZ mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Mercer won a mandate in December to manage a $250 million New Zealand investment portfolio. Following what the New Plymouth District Council described as a "rigorous process" with consulting actuaries Melville Jessup Weaver, Mercer will take the reins ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... "that will allow a fiduciary to fully integrate ESG risks." The roadmap was developed in collaboration with Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), the Generation Foundation and the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative. ...

RBA hires Women's Leadership Institute chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... at the Bank of Melbourne, chair of the Industry Superannuation Property Trust and national president of the Property Council of Australia. Congratulating Schwartz on her new role at the RBA, Treasurer Scott Morrison said: "I am pleased to announce the ...

FSC names new director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... government, industry organisations and the private sector. He was national government relations manager with the Insurance Council of Australia from 2001 to 2007. He also worked as a senior adviser to ministers in the NSW and Victorian governments before ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... government and super fund member interest best aligns to deliver these projects is the bigger question. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) secretary Dave Oliver told the forum that industry super's story should resonate politically but there's ...