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Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The push for more independent super fund trustees has been spurred by flawed assumptions, reveals new research released by the McKell Institute. In the report 'The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards' the authors - professor ...

Global Wealth Partners to launch fund on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on 26 September 2014. Sunrise co-presenter David Koch is chairman of the GWP board while former Colonial First State Global Asset Management chief executive Warwick Negus is an independent non-executive director. ...

CBA appoints international experts to oversee advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... Australia (RBA). Promontory Financial Group chief executive officer Eugene Ludwig and vice chair of the group's advisory board Mary Schapiro will also be a part of the panel. Ludwig served under United States President Bill Clinton comptroller of the ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... import sanctions and potential US military intervention in the Middle East was weighing on the local exchange. "Across the board we're seeing a move away from the riskier side of the market," Mr McCorquodale said on Friday. "We're seeing healthcare stable ...

Resources needed for outcomes, regulators warn Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... in the financial sector, so it is critical that APRA maintain its attractiveness as an employer." The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) were also among the regulators that provided statements of intent to Treasury ...

FSC Industry Excellence Award winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014

ACCI calls for end to super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... support of their employer groups. ACCI members include the Australian Hotels Association, which appoints trustees to the board of HOSTPLUS, and the Master Builders Association, which appoints trustees to the Cbus board. However, other employer groups ...

CBA sees two top execs step down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has confirmed that two members of the group's senior executive team will step down. CBA group executive of business and private banking Grahame Petersen will retire at the end of 2014 after nearly 35 ...

Treasury Group shares surge on merger news

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... Management and operations will be integrated and the new business will operate as one group under the direction of a common board of directors. Four Northern Lights nominees will join the existing five directors on the Treasury Group board. Treasury ...

AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS launch own-brand debit cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... the big banks. "The fact is, the same capabilities exist. But rather than being in the one corporate vehicle with the one board, management team and governance structure, this is in different vehicles but with the same focus."