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Super funds eye impact investing structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
Impact investing is nowhere to be seen in institutional investor land, but superannuation funds are starting to look at investment structures to invest in profitable ventures that have a positive impact in society. "Impact investing doesn't exist as ...

Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) conducted a root and branch examination of Australia's financial system, making 44 recommendations to increase efficiency, resilience and fair treatment of the financial system. In its response, the government has ...

Government to lift advice standards by law

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The government is determined to raise the professional standards of financial advisers, and it will do it by passing new legislation, it said in its response to the Financial System Inquiry. The government will develop legislative amendments that will ...

Lost super costs young Aussies thousands

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... help members' engagement with their super. ASFA recently submitted on the draft Superannuation Guarantee Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Bill 2015, and called for extra resources at the ATO "to detect breaches of SG obligations and to pursue required ...

ASFA supports SGC bill with increased ATO resources

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... are provided to the Australian Tax Office (ATO). In its submission on the draft Superannuation Guarantee Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Bill 2015, ASFA calls for extra resources at the ATO "to detect breaches of SG obligations and to pursue required ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... said. A new report released in the FSC's submission to the Senate Economics Inquiry into the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) Bill 2015 shows that increasing scale in super through mergers and raising competitive tensions would ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... Qantas, and they were recommending that their clients - who were institutional investors like BlackRock - vote against an amendment to the constitution, and I was horrified." Specifically, she had no idea why the report from a governance advisor would ...

Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... in their best interests," BTFG general manager of superannuation Melinda Howes said. The Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) Bill 2015 considers increasing the number of independent trustees in fund boards and considering professionals ...

Super board governance legislation introduced today

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... legislation today at the angst of Industry Super Australia (ISA). Although debate on the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) Bill 2015 is expected to be adjourned in parliament today, ISA chief executive David Whiteley has called ...

ASIC would "rarely" ban products

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
ASIC would only ban products in "extreme circumstances" if its regulatory powers were expanded as per Financial System Inquiry recommendations, ASIC chair Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at the Banking and Financial Services Law Association conference ...