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Retirement income goal would solve super's issues: CSRI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
An agreed income goal for Australia's retirement system would solve issues around superannuation's taxes and default schemes, as well as its cost and efficiency. This is the view in a new discussion paper by the Committee for Sustainable Retirement ...

Three super funds take responsible investment gong

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia has revised its certification program, giving its highest marks to three super funds. RIAA's Responsible Investment Certification Program is designed to award investment products, super funds, dealer ...

IRESS creates new senior product role

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
IRESS has promoted one of its own product specialists to its new product executive, wealth management role. Jacqui Lennon will be responsible for IRESS' wealth management product strategy in Australia and internationally. Lennon joined IRESS in July ...

ACSI and TIAA-CREF drive poll voting

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... meeting. The ACSI and TIAA-CREF investor initiative called for companies to adopt poll voting, where the one-share one-vote principle applies. ACSI said those which persist with arcane voting practices are becoming increasingly isolated and engagement ...

Link to replace Veda in ASX200

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... is acquired by Equifax. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today that it will remove Veda Group Limited from Australia's principle large cap index, subject to shareholder and final court approval of the scheme of arrangement whereby the company will be ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... directors they believe will represent their best interests," Burrell said. "Good fund governance starts with the basic principle that members must have a voice. Yet at the moment, members of most funds have no say in who represents their interests. That ...

Silk joins PRI advisory committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has been named as part of the newly created Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Asset Owner Advisory Committee. Silk was the only Australian named as one of 15 inaugural committee members from around ...

SMSFs could own Kidman Station

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... existing DomaCom platform, built to invest in apartments and small property, could cater for a much bigger deal. "The principle is the same," he added. Burgin argued that "there is plenty of upside in a growing export market for agricultural produce ...

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... Regulation Authority (APRA) to determine independence. "We believe that a better approach would be a definition that is principle-based and which allows trustees to make reasonable determinations on independence," the joint letter from ASFA chairman ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The investment horizon for superannuation funds and other asset owners is at best pessimistic because the financial services industry is yet to fully wake from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) chair Martin ...