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Retail super members gouged by $7.1bn: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... parliament seeks to narrowly target the governance of industry super funds and their successful representative trustee boards that guard against many of the practices endemic in the finance sector," Whiteley said. The ISA research builds on APRA data ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... trustee governance bill tomorrow, which at a minimum will see one third independent directors on APRA-regulated super fund boards. The bill could see one last amendment from crossbench senator Ricky Muir that would aim to keep the equal representative ...

Industry funds may set up master trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... funds NGS Super and QIEC Super have flagged integrating their investments and insurance under a master trust structure. The boards of both super funds have entered a memorandum of understanding that will investigate the master trust model in a bid to ...

Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... the focus was mainly on voting, and often passive. Investors are now prepared to go further and build relationships with boards," Aberdeen head of Australia Brett Jollie said. "As this research shows, such engagement can help returns over the long term. ...

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... dwarfs the meagre allocations to advice and better education for super fund members." He explained that superannuation fund boards have an opportunity to improve member outcomes if they increase the fund's focus on advice. "Expanding access to advice ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... reproach. Independent directors will improve conflicts management, decision making and boost diversity on superannuation boards. It will also ensure that superannuation funds start to reflect the same requirements they impose on listed companies that ...

Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... what the super industry sees as most important in the long term. In a bid to uncover how super funds are structuring their boards to tackle new technologies, wider availability of data, member retention and regulation, Rainmaker Information recently ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... international best practice standards of corporate governance," the report said. "This bill will allow superannuation fund boards to draw from a broader pool of independent directors, increasing diversity. The committee notes the concerns of submitters ...

Super trustee bill before the Senate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated super funds to have a minimum of one third independent directors on their respective boards. The proposal has received mixed industry responses. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is one group supporting ...

Colonial First State appoints independent super director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... director appointed in several superannuation board roles, most notably at Colonial First State Investments. Joining the boards of Colonial First State Investments Limited, Avanteos Investments Limited and Colonial Mutual Superannuation Pty Ltd, is Liz ...