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Politicians move 'super' goal posts at their peril

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... appear to recognise the growing electoral clout of retirees and would be concerned about bringing in changes across the board that affect retirees too much. However, he believes that superannuation is still an excellent tax-advantaged vehicle for retirement ...

ICA Board appoints Zurich CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has appointed Daniel Fogarty CEO for Zurich General Insurance in Australia to its board. "I am delighted to accept this position", Fogarty said. "The ICA is essential to the continuing development of a strong ...

New board member to tackle Asia growth: La Trobe

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
New board member to tackle Asia growth: La Trobe Ben Collins 170 words Credit specialist fund manager la Trobe has added another director to its board to help spearhead the business's expansion in Asia. Yesterday La Trobe said that Hung Fei Chan, who ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... equities news, Primary Health Care is due to post earnings results while RuralCo has its annual general meeting scheduled and a board spill meeting is slated for Globe International. In Australia, the market on Tuesday pared back early losses to finish ...

New chair at Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Australian Ethical Investment chairman AndrA(C) Morony has decided to stand down from February 2013 with the board electing Steve Gibbs to replace him. Morony will stay on as an ordinary member of the board to help with the transition process. "During ...

CheckRisk opens in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... used as an input to asset allocation decisions or tactical mandate appointments, information which can enable the trustee board to take better advantage of its asset consultant or recommendations from its own internal investment team. Carroll said assessing ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... ignored by the Rudd-Gillard Government." These would include making directors who want to sit on more than one superannuation board prove to Australia's prudential regulator that they don't have "any foreseeable conflicts of interest." It would also ...

Social media anything but rocket science

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
The proper adoption of social media strategy by financial advisers will help to raise up the public perception of the sector so often portrayed badly by media. This was the call to arms within the opening address by Baz Gardner conference host and Social ...

Two new La Trobe directors

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Two new directors will join the credit specialist fund manager La Trobe Financial's Board. La Trobe this week said that John Carrello and John Marriott would join the board after the company had received continuous fund inflows last year, and that it ...

Media super ups disclosure, lodges MySuper application

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... means that pension funds that want to offer a MySuper product need to apply to the prudential regulator for a license. "The Board and Executive team have undertaken extensive planning and preparations around the reforms and regulatory changes facing ...