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US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... to wind back what is known as Common Curriculum preferring instead to leave curriculum content decisions to local school boards. SIFMA has also been highly critical of federal government initiatives, being overseen by the Department of Labor, to introduce ...

CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... has "a history of leading the way and collaborating in innovative investment." On the issue of independent directors on boards, he said that the AIST is promoting a solution to allow boards to appoint up to one third of independents: "this both maintains ...

Super performs well in board gender diversity index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... Cooperative Research Centres, Super was one of only four sectors to show gains of more than 5% in the number of women on boards since 2013. Women on Boards, the body behind the index, has been focussed on improving female board representation in the ...

Bridges MD leaves to join MDS Financial

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... financial advisers and over $10 billion in funds under advice. Carter has also served on a number of other joint venture boards and brings expertise in the areas of corporate governance, legal and compliance, financial management, marketing and strategic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... KangaNews DCM Summit. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases new motor vehicles sales for February while the Women on Boards 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index is also due out. In equities news, Retail Food Group has an extraordinary general meeting ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... publicly-offered superannuation funds to have independent directors. The lack of independent directors on superannuation boards is a serious design flaw. A requirement to have a majority of independent directors applies to Australian listed companies ...

Prime Super appoints independent director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Super," said Prime Super chair Alan Bowman. "There is a growing push in the industry to make industry super fund trustee boards more independent. Prime Super remains ahead of the curve on this important governance issue," he added. "Our board is already ...

Zurich chairman retires, replacement named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... leadership positions with ING. He is also chairman of Elanor Investors Group and Disability Sports Australia and is on the boards of Credit Union Australia and the National Blood Authority.

In the archives: Mavis Robertson on the importance of more women on boards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... leading superannuation executives, including Mavis Robertson, discussed why more women should have seats on superannuation boards. Here are extracts of the phone interview with her after the roundtable and the two-part article series. In the summer of ...

Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... Molly. An extract of a 2010 FS phone interview with Mavis Robertson where she talked about better gender representation on boards.