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BNP becomes First Super custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... reporting, risk management and analytics [which will] enable the trust to meet increasing regulatory demands while providing its board and investment committee with enhanced reporting and risk management monitoring," according to First Super chief executive ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
2015 has already been a bumper year in financial services policy with super front and centre. Reforms to improve superannuation governance, competition and transparency appear to be the first cab off the rank. These reforms look likely to occur in a ...

Former Future Fund chief executive takes new role

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
Former Future Fund chief executive Mark Burgess has been appointed chair of the advisory board of Jamieson Coote Bonds, having retired from his previous position in late 2013. JCB is an active Australian bond fund manager with a focus on Australian ...

Prime Super appoints independent director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
Prime Super has appointed Lutheran Care Community's chief executive to its board of directors. Prior to her position at LCC, Jacqueline Kelly held roles at Queensland Treasury and PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to Prime Super's statement, she has ...

Employers must do more to promote ethical culture

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... qualification," he said. Serhan's comments follow calls for the adoption of a common ethical framework for financial planners by the board of the Banking and Finance Oath (BFO). The BFO is an initiative formed to encourage and support strong ethics in ...

No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... announcement that's been the surprise. The RBI announced January and March's interest rate cuts outside of its scheduled Board meetings. The Indian central bank cut interest rates on 15 January - weeks before its scheduled 3 February meeting. Yesterday's ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... the period ahead, in order to foster sustainable growth in demand and inflation consistent with the target." Maybe. "The Board will further assess the case for such action at forthcoming meetings." I've got no problem with that. It's the sensible thing ...

Zurich chairman retires, replacement named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... business, Terry Paradine, is retiring after seven years in the role. Before being appointed chairman, Paradine was a Zurich board member for four years. He will be replaced by Paul Bedbrook who has been a non-executive board director at Zurich since ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George has joined the board of the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB). The HFSB said the appointment emphasises the important role of sovereign wealth funds in promoting better practices in the hedge ...

AIA profit up 16% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... 2014. The Hong Kong-listed insurance company reported that net profit was up 22% to US$3.45 billion during that year. The board of directors has recommended a final dividend increase of 19% to 34 Hong Kong cents per share, subject to shareholders' approval. ...