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New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Assistant Treasurer Arthur SinodinosA stepped aside from the role to give evidence in a NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry and resigned in December 2014. However, he has been appointed into what is seen as a very powerful position ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... Friday Cbus responded to several allegations by Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. The super fund said there is no basis for the submission that Atkin knew about and participated in the disclosure. In its ...

Pressure mounts on Cbus in Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... David Atkin has until Friday to respond to damning allegations in the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. On Monday Counsel Assisting the Commission made submissions to its inquiry on Cbus, alleging the industry superannuation ...

LUCRF defends political campaign allegations

MARK SMITH, DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... The reports coincide with mounting pressure on Dyson Heydon to stand aside as the royal commissioner investigating corruption within Australia's trade union movement. LUCRF's chief operating officer Anthony Thow has defended the super fund's actions ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) believes more progress is needed to embed better anti-corruption and bribery disclosures in major Australian companies. ACSI says while there has been a general improvement in disclosure quality ...

Cbus chief executive answers Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). Presenting as a witness at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption today, Atkin was questioned by counsel assisting Sarah McNaughton SC, and quizzed about any potential involvement including ...

Lonsec launches ESG metric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... controversial weapons (defined as "cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical and biological weapons" by MSCI), corruption and bad accounting practices. "ESG awareness is no longer just a values based consideration when it comes to product ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... standards of financial planning in the superannuation sector. Recently the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption announced it was seeking submissions to answer why laws denying employees a choice of superannuation fund should not ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is backing the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption to remove laws that deny employees a choice of superannuation fund. FSC chief executive, Sally Loane, said super must be decoupled from the ...

Royal Commission looks at choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption is seeking submissions to answer why laws denying employees a choice of superannuation fund should not be repealed. In its latest discussion paper, Options for Law Reform, the Commission ...