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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 ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... links to Israel. She said that environmental and social protesters tend not to distinguish between company management, boards and shareholders, and thus will view major shareholders equally culpable for perceived unethical actions. She also touched on ...

Women in Super NSW scholarship winners named

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... Roberts. The scholarship programme is designed to enhance professional skills and encourage the appointment of women onto boards which aligns with the objectives of Women in Super. The announcement was made at the recent Women in Super networking event ...

Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... new research released by the McKell Institute. In the report 'The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards' the authors - professor Raymond Markey, Dr Louise Thornwaite and associate professor Sue Wright from Macquarie University ...

ACCI calls for end to super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... conference, will be a particularly hard blow to industry funds, as ACCI represents many of the employer groups who sit on their boards. ACCI chief operating officer John Osborn said: "There is no defensible public policy reason why the Fair Work Commission ...