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Gonski calls for NFP director liability review

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... currently being mooted in Canada, Gonski said of primary concern is a safe harbour provision for volunteers acting on NFP boards. "The concept of somebody being liable for the debts of a NFP when all they've been doing is trying to act properly, were ...

Asset Super and CareSuper merger set for October

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... year of delays, industry super funds Asset Super and CareSuper said Friday they would merge on October 26 this year. The boards of the two funds agreed to in-principle support for the merger in September last year subject to due diligence, although it ...

FSC super governance policy forces independence

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
A majority of directors on superannuation trustee boards must be independent, under draft superannuation governance policy released by the Financial Services Council (FSC) this morning. An independent director must also chair the trustee board, and ...

Embedding risk appetite remains tricky

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... they continue to strengthen their risk management practices in response to changing regulatory and market conditions. "Boards and senior management teams are spending a lot of time and resources strategically reviewing, assessing and in some cases, fundamentally ...

MLC appoints super funds board member

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
MLC has appointment Richard Rassi to the three trustee boards for its superannuation funds. The boards, MLC Nominees, NULIS Nominees (Australia) and PFS Nominees, are accountable to around 1.5 million members and approximately $56 billion in Funds Under ...

MySuper Bill could expose individual trustees to legal action

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... could force a spike in personal indemnity insurance - a cost that would be passed on to members, she said. Because trustee boards make group decisions, actions against individual directors would be particularly inappropriate, said AIST. This could mean ...

Perpetual increases NFP scholarships

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... not-for-profit board education and governance scholarships. The scholarships will be available to chairmen and directors of NFP boards and the increase follows community and NFP sector demand. Following Perpetual's decision, 440 scholarships will now ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... just a weekend passed after the birth of Euro Summit "breakthrough" and so-called experts have gone back to their drawing boards, creating a list of reasons of why the "breakthrough" would break down - lack of details, -500 billion ESM war chest is insufficient ...

Ascalon investment head swaps into H3

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... trading and research." Lam has more than 17 years' industry experience. In the last seven years at Ascalon, Nelson was on the Boards of various boutique investment firms. He has been a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors since 2006 ...

Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Philanthropy Australia; and the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce. At present, he is estimated to sit on more than 40 boards including as chair of the Sydney Theatre Company. Cuffe said he expects Gonski to join existing board members Fiona Higgins ...