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Fight profit shifting, ACTU tells industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... institutional investors to bring about change. A presentation slide Maiden showed to the conference stated: "[The ACTU] Congress notes this is a significant corporate governance issue and calls on union directors of super funds to exercise their rights ...

Royal Commission looks at choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... performed well in comparison with retail superannuation funds," the discussion paper said. Among discussion the Commission also notes that currently "the potential for coercive conduct and conflicts of interest in enterprise bargaining identified in ...

Cbus faces serious industry problems with super payments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... superannuation entitlements whilst balancing privacy requirements around personal information," Atkin said. "The review notes the size of the task has meant practices that developed over time now require further improvement through boosting the fund's ...

Sovereign wealth funds growing despite falling commodity prices

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... are a growing source of capital to alternative asset fund managers and investments across the globe." The research also notes the considerable role these funds have in development of infrastructure in their respective countries, with 58% investing in ...

PROFILE: HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... of different roles during her six years at NGS Super, from business development to advice and operational management. She notes that the opportunity to work for a small superannuation fund meant there were always new things she could do and new skills ...

ASIC bans Commonwealth Financial Planning employee

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... deceptive conduct between February 2012 and May 2012 when preparing documents for Zaicew's files. Locksley prepared file notes containing fictional conversations between Zaicew and his clients to give the impression the files were in proper order and ...

Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... reduce workforce participation and the opportunities afforded to the community by higher participation rates." The paper also notes that the rise of technology has facilitated large companies using integrated supply chains, taking advantage of international ...

Moneytech launches $25m corporate bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... to private investors, self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and financial planners. The seven year, subordinated floating rate notes have a minimum initial investment of $50,000 at issue and will be distributed to new and existing FIIG Securities clients ...

Australia missing out on $34.5bn tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... resulting in an estimated $34.5 billion of additional economic output (GDP) in the year 2020 measured in 2014 prices. The study notes that Australia has high internet usage, with 87% of households connected to the internet, but it scores poorly on creating ...

US bond investors fund Australian wind farm

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015