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Qantas Super takes flight with iqBoard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... Superannuation board members are using iPads to manage board and committee meetings, joining the ranks of other super fund boards that have done so in recent months. Qantas Super is using iqBoard, an application developed by IQ Group that already use ...

Super Springboard scholarships for women announced

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... terms of the percentage of female board members, although women make up only around 21 per cent of directors on super fund boards. Super Springboard will help the industry achieve better gender diversity and encourage funds to appoint females to these ...

CheckRisk opens in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
As funds increasingly develop internal investment expertise, trustee boards will need to expand their own expertise to stay in control of their funds, and one way to do this is through an independant risk assessment of their portfolio. Denis Carroll ...

Social media anything but rocket science

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... the social media space today, Gardner told delegates is a natural evolution of old fashioned, community-based bulletin boards. Contrary to popular perception, he reminded delegates that social media in a professional services context - unlike in mass ...

Corporate governance boosted by two-strike rule

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... shareholder. "As a large investor and owner of companies on behalf of our clients, we have a responsibility to engage with boards on a broad range of issues such as management of talent, environmental risks and sustainable practices," he said. The corporate ...

ACSI founder remembered for services to Super

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... CareSuper for three separate two-year periods and was also deputy chair for six years. He also represented CareSuper on the boards of other organisations including IFS and ACSI, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, of which he was the ...

LGS wins Best Green Super Fund Award

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... shareholders with a specific focus on monitoring and curbing excessive executive remuneration and establishing strong independent boards to protect shareholder value.

Give super fund directors more time: Gonski

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... members a clear route for decision making," he said. He added: "I firmly believe in non-executive chairmen on super fund boards. They should nurture the CEO but also police them. They must not lust for the role of chief executive. The chairman is the ...

Professional Associations Super names new chairman

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... Education. Presently he is managing director of the strategic advisory firm, Gullone Group where he has advised executives and boards across the financial services, professional services and health services industries, as well as providing advice to ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... could reinforce calls by sections of the wealth management industry for more independent trustees to be appointed to fund boards. The CFMFEU trustees on the board include: David Noonan, national secretary of the CMFEU Construction and General Division ...