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Governance reform not targeting industry funds: O'Dwyer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer has insisted the proposed governance reforms for superannuation funds are not targeting the not-for-profit sector in a speech where she cited the privacy breach at Cbus as a sign that ...

New CEO at Board of Taxation

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Federal Treasury has announced an inaugural chief executive role at the Board of Taxation that will lead the work of the secretariat as well as all communication with industry stakeholders. Secretary to the Treasury, John Fraser, announced on Friday ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... "action" as indication of panic. Watch and wait should be what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be doing when its Board meets for its regular monetary policy deliberations tomorrow. Not an "expert" soul expects a shift in policy at this meet ...

Centuria chair announces retirement

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Centuria Capital has made a new board appointment following the announcement that the current chair will retire. Garry Charny, former barrister and founder and managing director of corporate advisory firm Wolseley Corporate, will take up the role of ...

Consumer (un)confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... conditions suggests the economy will continue to expand at a moderate pace in the near-term." This is how the Conference Board summed up the result of its consumer confidence survey for February. The headline index dropped to a reading of 92.2 in February ...

Drummond resignation prompts NAB leadership changes

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... directors and I are delighted Mr Chronican, one of Australia's most respected bankers, has accepted our invitation to join the board to contribute his deep banking experience, commercial skills and market knowledge to National Australia Bank."

ASFA chief executive Vamos to step down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... executive Pauline Vamos has decided that the time is right to step down after eight and a half years in the role. The ASFA board will shortly commence recruitment for her replacement and have asked Vamos to stay until at least 30 June 2016, to ensure ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... built "concrete beaches" and "bridges to nowhere". And so far... it's gone nowhere. At its 29 January meeting when the BOJ Board decided to take interest rates down from positive 0.1% to negative 0.1%, the Japanese central bank promised that "It will ...

Survey reveals super fund strategic priorities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Post retirement products, member engagement and digital strategy remain top of superannuation funds' three-year strategic plans but new concerns are also being brought to the boardroom, according to a joint survey of fund chief executives by ASFA and ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
Activist group Market Forces has published a report estimating 15 Australian superannuation funds have lost about $5.6 billion on fossil fuel investments since 2014. The recent study also found losses from fossil fuel investments may have cost some ...