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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 ...

ACSI targets male-dominated boards

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... Superannuation Investors has written to the chairs of over 30 ASX 200 companies regarding the lack of female representation on their boards. The goal was to remind these companies - which either had just one female director, or none at all - of the 30% ...

LGsuper backs governance changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
A proposed governance change to superannuation fund trustee boards has the backing of LGsuper. In 2013 the Queensland-based public sector fund voluntarily adopted a board structure that included an independent chair and having at least one-third independent ...

TCorp becomes $70bn investment giant

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... closely with State Super and SRWS over the past year to better understand their ongoing needs from the amalgamation. As the boards of the respective agencies retain responsibility for their investment objectives and asset allocations, TCorp will continue ...

Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... funds have mixed responses to a federal government proposal that would see an increase of independent directors on fund boards. BT Financial Group believes increasing the number of independent directors will create new competition for positions as well ...