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Equip appoints digital specialist to board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... to remain relevant and accessible to our members." Fairley said that the Federal Government's aspiration for super fund boards to have a mandated proportion of independent directors was recognition of the need to secure the appropriate mix of skills ...

APRA workload for boards does not rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Meetings between the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and company boards are considered good value yet the workload placed on boards by the regulator does not rate highly. This is the view of more than 450 directors from deposit-taking ...

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Tasmania's public sector employees and support the growth of the financial services industry in Tasmania. The letter said the boards of Tasplan and RBF have completed a business case that concludes "the consolidation of the superannuation funds is in ...

ISA voices strong opposition to "radical" super reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Industry Super Australia (ISA) has warned that the government's proposal to remove equal representation in super fund boards "is radical" and constitutes the most significant change to the system since its inception. "There is a real risk that importing ...

ASFA appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Over the years, he has served on several Productivity Commission Panels and has been appointed to government enquiries and boards by both sides of politics. ASFA represents participants from across the superannuation sector and its board is made up of ...

Super board changes could cost funds $20m a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Appointing independent trustees to the boards of superannuation funds could cost about $20 million only on the first year, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) warned. "How can these costs be justified when there is no evidence ...

Financial services fail to share mental health data

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... financial reporting, can undermine effective communication of these longer-term measures of business success by company boards to their owners," said ACSI's chief executive, Louise Davidson. "ACSI looks forward to a significant improvement in future ...

Capital Group chairman passes away

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... community activities throughout his career, including treasurer of Harvard University from 2004-14. He also served on the boards of the California Institute of Technology, the RAND Corporation and Huntington Memorial Hospital, and was a governor of the ...

Companies failing to meet ATO benchmark

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... controls; data integrity internal control frameworks and clarity of roles. "Internal control testing is important here - boards need to be satisfied that the control framework is robust enough to manage the tax compliance risk effectively, with the ATO ...

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 ...