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Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... Guarantee contributions are paid. Governance of superannuation funds: Mandate a majority of independent directors on the board of corporate trustees of public offer superannuation funds, including an independent chair; align the director penalty regime ...

MTAA hails 'a third, a third, a third' board structure a success

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... about this, one industry fund - MTAA Super - has already gone down the road of appointing one third independents to its board. James Fernyhough caught up with the fund's chief executive Leeanne Turner and chair John Brumby to see how it has gone. MTAA ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... considerable space to a discussion of the inverted bid model, which would allow long-term owners such as super funds to come on board infrastructure projects at the beginning rather than at later stages. In its recommendation on project financing, the ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... seeing some very complex hybrid organisations emerge, noted the report. For example, the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board in the past five years has built up an internal investment team to 400 people spanning public markets, private equity and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... November, the weakest level since March. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and makes its interest rate decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases October building approvals figures ...

Market wrap PM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... slide during the first half. Ten Network added half a cent, or two per cent, to 25 cents after Paul Mallam resigned from the board. On Wall Street on Friday, market indices were mixed as energy-related stocks were hammered, after the Organisation of ...

Long-serving CBA exec announces retirement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's long-serving group executive, business and private banking, Grahame Peterson will retire early next year, the bank has announced. The company has promoted Adam Bennett from another role in the organisation to replace ...

Magellan expands chairman role, appoints CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... responsibility for company secretarial, risk and compliance, investor relations and corporate development, in addition to his overall Board responsibilities. Douglass said of Cairns' appointment: "I am delighted that Brett has accepted the role as executive ...

IPA names new president and chairman

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014

APRA's IT infrastructure strains

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... APRA-regulated industries and hence that significant changes to that infrastructure are required," stated a letter APRA board member Helen Rowell sent out this week. APRA is warning that it could take years to fully implement its reporting plans forcing ...