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Mergers likely for Media Super

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... not-for-profit super world, with his involvement in the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)." Media Super's general manager of finance and compliance Michael Rooney has also ...

Super fund backs News Corp independence push

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... said Russell. More industry funds are expected to join First Super, following the recommendation of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) yesterday. Representing not-for-profit superannuation funds that manage over $350 billion in ...

CEO bonuses tumbled in 2011

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... significantly in 2011 due to more mature conversations on executive pay between boards and investors. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) 11th annual research report on CEO pay in Australia's largest listed companies found that ...

Super roundtable supports small business clearing house

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
A Council of Small Businesses of Australia (COSBOA) proposal to better promote the Government's small business super clearing house has received support from the fourth meeting of the Government's industry superannuation roundtable. Around 32,000 businesses ...

ACSI lends weight to ASX plan for rights issues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) supports an ASX proposal to reduce the timetable for rights issues to 16 days. The ASX consultation on modernising the timetable for rights issues would see 10 days sliced off the current standard ...

ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... facilities for the same securities, every other major equity market has single facilities. In a submission paper to the Council of Financial Regulators' on competition for equity market clearing and settlements, the ASX claimed its important for policy ...

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... recommending default super funds in modern awards could lead to worker legal action against the Commonwealth. The Law Council of Australia issued the warning at public hearings held by the Productivity Commission (PC) last week. Minter Ellison partner ...

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... euphemistic term for policy claims payments) incurred since 2011, according to figures available from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA). These payments are likely to increase if a 2005 analysis prepared by the IAG Natural Hazards Research unit ...

Super fund support for carbon tax

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
The Australian Council of Super Investors has broadly supported the government's new carbon tax that came into effect yesterday, labelling it a practical policy measure that will address long-term investment risk for fund members. In a submission to ...

Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... His philanthropic involvement with the arts has extended to acting at various times as chairman for the Australian Council of the Arts, president of the board of trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, chair of the National Institute of Dramatic Art and ...