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More calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Australian Senator John Williams has reiterated calls for a Royal Commission in to the financial planning industry. Williams told ABC he was not satisfied by IOOF's response last week when the company's managing director Christopher Kelaher was asked ...

Industry funds embrace board independence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
Top industry funds have embraced the proposal to introduce a third of independent directors to their boards and see it as an opportunity to add skills and improve governance. Despite opposition from Industry Super Australia (ISA), at least three of ...

LGsuper backs governance changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
A proposed governance change to superannuation fund trustee boards has the backing of LGsuper. In 2013 the Queensland-based public sector fund voluntarily adopted a board structure that included an independent chair and having at least one-third independent ...

EOFY means new laws and new products

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
The new financial year rings in several legislative changes affecting the superannuation industry, including SuperStream, early access to super for terminally ill patients and new significant investor visa (SIV) rules. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) ...

IOOF execs asked to face Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
The Senate Economics Committee has invited IOOF executives to appear in a hearing set to be held in Sydney on July 7. The invite has been sent today to IOOF chief executive Chris Kelaher and to the business' head of research Peter Hilton, a spokesperson ...

Wilson HTM shareholders approve acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Wilson HTM shareholders have voted in favour of the new ownership structure as the business appointed a Deutsche Bank director to head the capital markets division. This is the last step of a process that has seen ASX-listed Wilson HTM Investment Group ...

Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Industry superannuation funds may deploy up to $15 billion additional capital over the next five years after Australia joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair, Peter Collins, said activities of the ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
"I got chills, they're multiplying..." What's that Virginia? You're sick of hearing and reading about Greece? Not as I am about ranting about it for the umpteenth time, believe you me. Each time the Greek "crisis' re-emerges, we get this volatility ...

Funds management elite tours Asia to seduce investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Representatives of Australia's top fund managers are visiting Japan and Korea along with Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to promote opportunities in Australia's financial services industry. The delegation includes chief executives and high level ...

ASIC bans Macquarie representative

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently banned a former Macquarie Entities representative from providing financial services for five years. The ban was given to Brett O'Malley of Sunshine Beach, Queensland, after he engaged ...