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Prime Super appoints fourth independent director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... nominated (National Farmers' Federation) director. "There is a growing push in the industry to make industry super fund trustee boards more independent," Bowman said. He said Prime Super was "ahead of the curve" in option to have a majority of independent ...

Macquarie announces $678m profit, appoints director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... but an 11% decrease on the six months up to March 2014. The bank also announced the appointment of Gordon Cairns to the boards of both Macquarie Group Limited and Macquarie Bank Limited. Cairns is currently chairman of Origin Energy Limited, and has ...

Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
The notion that company boards have a legal obligation to act in the sole interest of their shareholders is a myth, according to a new discussion paper by the Governance Institute of Australia. The paper, entitled 'Shareholder primacy: Is there a need ...

Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... decision-making process regarding asset allocation changes as well as making the process more independent from plans' trustees and boards." Only 15% of respondents said it took between one and two months to implement a strategy to change asset alloca ...

Active management offers little value: Towers Watson

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... To combat this Ford called for the industry to focus less on relative returns and place more onus on superannuation fund boards and investment teams when making investment decisions. "For too many years the industry has been dominated by people at the ...

Cyber risks for local wealth sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... transaction and member activity online protecting against these risks is expected to become a much higher priority for trustee boards especially as it attracts more regulatory attention.

Ridout made honorary Doctor of Business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... The honour comes just over a year after Ridout was made an Officer of the Order of Australia. Ridout, who is also on the boards of the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Australian Securities Exchange, Image Networks Holdings, Sims Metal Management, Australian ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... Yieldbroker's growth ambitions in domestic and international markets." The transaction is supported by both companies' boards, and is subject to satisfactory acceptances from Yieldbroker shareholders and completion of ASX's final due diligence, which ...

CEO pay at lowest level in decade

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... said the study findings showed the benefit of investor scrutiny: "When investors behave like owners, and make it clear to boards their expectations around executive pay, Australian boards generally respond. "It seems boards and investors have, together ...

Hockey wants Sinodinos back

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... the role of the Fair Work Commission in the choice of default superannuation funds and the constitution of industry fund boards - have been in limbo ever since Sinodinos stood aside. His return would potentially bring these two key issues back on the ...