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For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... options for investing their retirement savings. "Constant erosions to the legislation and for-profit super providers being let off the hook has been at an enormous cost to consumers who are effectively left to fend for themselves," Scheerlinck said. ...

ANZ hid reasons for executive pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott admitted the bank did not disclose to its shareholders or staff that three of its senior executives had their variable pay held back in FY18 on account of compliance issues. Elliot's own variable remuneration was ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... able to describe the unique culture of their company. "Also, few directors can explain what changes they'd like to see let alone a strategy to achieve those changes," she said. Another hot topic is executive remuneration. Some Australian companies ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... well...just bring out the list of the opposites...and then extrapolate to "the sky is falling"...until the next day's upturn. Let me take you back because I'm going to the days when the Fed first fired its shot of QE (not strawberry fields) ...

SelectingSuper honours super industry leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... perverse that if the regulator wanted to boot poor performing "mutt" funds out of the industry, the law as it stands doesn't let them." He added Australia's best super funds routinely earn more than double what the worst performers deliver, so ...

CBA board ignored key issues in deciding executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The Commonwealth Bank board ignored major scandals besieging the bank when it approved the variable remuneration for its top executives for FY16, the Royal Commission heard. The bank's top executives were paid a fixed pay and variable pay split into ...

Stop genetic testing questions: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... take out a life insurance policy, including disability, trauma and income protection insurance policies, you are obligated to let the insurer know about matters which could affect the risk they take in offering insurance. Within policies, this is currently ...

Super fund apologises for admin error

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
An $80 billion superannuation fund admitted on Friday to an administrative error affecting 346 of its members. Following QSuper's investigation of more than 226,000 current and former defined benefit accounts, it was found that 246 members were ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... up a fraction from 2.07 in the second. Public servants' pay increased by 2.47% from 2.41%. Hip, hip... Australians all, let us rejoice, for this could be the start of something good, especially because wages growth in the September quarter outpaced ...

Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
Federal Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert slammed superannuation funds for not doing enough to engage members and for specifically letting the issue of multiple accounts get out of control. Robert told this week's Financial Services Council policy ...