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Government releases FoFA draft legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
As part of its move the wind back the former government's Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has released a set of draft regulations and legislation for consultation. The draft legislative amendments and ...

Standard Life Investments strengthens governance guidelines

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Institutional investors should update their environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards to limit investment in private equity firms that make use of the controversial leveraged buy-out (LBO) strategy, according to social policy network Catalyst. ...

CFSGAM commits to published stewardship principles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has published a set of Global Stewardship Principles to be adopted across its business. Developed and endorsed by CFSGAM's Global Responsible Investment Committee which is comprised of the chief ...

SSgA awarded VicSuper ESG mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
VicSuper has awarded State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) an active global equities environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) mandate worth $310 million. The mandate will invest in a portfolio of global equities that integrates ESG factors ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The Abbott government looks set to follow through on its plan to introduce a quota of independent directors on super fund boards, and to take superannuation out of modern awards, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Industry fund LUCRF Super will investigate the level of its exposure to 'carbon risks' as part of a move to prepare for the potential investment risks of climate change. The decision is part of a wider policy that saw the $3.8 billion fund recently ...

Sinodinos hints at relaxing conflicted remuneration rules

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has suggested that some forms of remuneration currently regarded as conflicted may be allowed under the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. In a pre-recorded interview with Association ...

Responsible investment takes centre stage at ASFA conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Socially responsible investment took centre stage at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) 2013 National Conference in Perth this week. Speaking at the opening plenary session, international celebrity human rights lawyer Geoffrey ...

Government scraps Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The government has announced it will scrap Labor's plan to set up a Council of Superannuation Guardians and a Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability, arguing it would create unnecessary bureaucracy. The purpose of the Charter was to "clearly ...