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Super funds should use soft power, not quotas to fix gender equality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... closely correlated with that company's business performance. Conway said the voluntary target among not-for-profit trustee boards that are members of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) to by 2017 have 40% of their boards comprised ...

CBA in talks to hand over management of three funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Commonwealth Bank has submitted proposals to the boards of two trusts allowing it to relinquish its funds management responsibility. CBA confirms it has submitted indicative, non-binding proposals to the Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited (CMIL) ...

A-REITS rewarded for cleaning up act

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... attracted to the sector by the strong distribution rate," Lonsec senior investment analyst Peter Green commented. "A-REIT boards continued their efforts to unwind the aggressive capital structures evident in the lead up to the GFC, including selling ...

Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... week, Denton said that despite Australia's superannuation funds being "multi-billion dollar behemoths," the quality of boards were being impeded by the amount of money being paid to directors. "I think its actually around $32,000 or $40,000 and being ...

netwealth expands its board of directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... Group, is the third non-executive director to join the netwealth board. Mulligan has served as managing director on the boards of Advance and Ventura/All Star Funds Management. She also chaired the Disclosure and Retirement Incomes Committees for the ...

Reversing fortunes to another crisis?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... company and poses a real threat to shareholder value," she said. ACSI will therefore be "pursuing dialogue" with company boards in an attempt to address these issues. Meanwhile, Australian Ethical and Corporate Analysis, Enhanced Responsibility (CAER) ...

FIRST Super questions fairness of Coalition's super board quota policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... Bill Watson has cast doubt over the legitimacy of the Coalition's policy to impose quotas on industry superannuation fund boards. "As far as I'm aware, for publicly listed companies there's not a requirement that there be 'x' number of independent directors. ...

Board quotas an "embarrassment" for Australia: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... diversity brings, according to BlackRock. In a new research report, BlackRock also said the glacial pace of growth of women on boards means that the imposition of quotas remains a very real possibility. BlackRock reviewed the composition of women on ...

Former boutique firm analyst pleads guilty to insider trading

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... conditions. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is prosecuting the matter. LCC said on its website that it guides boards of directors through "complex mergers and acquisition, and corporate strategy engagements."