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Women in Super scholarships available now

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... successful applicants to attend a choice of a Professional Development Skills Program two day workshop or half day Women on Boards workshop. The scholarship is designed to enhance opportunities for members at different stages of their career from junior ...

AIST working to improve board gender imbalance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, in partnership with Women in Super, has kicked off its one day 'Women on super boards program' workshop in Melbourne today. The workshop is developed for women who are interested in learning about the ...

CIO and COO award winners named

FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... intelligent than you." He also acknowledged IOOF's chief executive for giving him the flexibility and support. "Hopefully, more boards, investment committees and CEOs will recognise that CIOs are investment officers, not admin officers, and that they ...

Retail funds in ACTU's sights

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... for the parent organisations that own them," the draft policy said. "This conflict creates powerful incentives for retail boards (many of whose members are directly employed by the same institutions that supply core products and services to the entities ...

Super funds urged to disclose director and exec pay

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... way and have adopted best practice in disclosing remuneration and ensuring transparency around the operations of their boards and executive, there is room for improvement elsewhere," said Reynolds. "Not-for-profits funds already lead the industry in ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... a gap in director independence in the not for profit space. "The employer and employee representatives who are on those boards are also the employee and employer representatives that recommend which superannuation fund should be used as the default fund ...

APRA releases draft prudential standards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... first quarter of 2013. "We welcome APRA's principles-based approach to these standards, which recognises that super fund boards are in the driving seat," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. "The ...

Trustee reforms risk being neutered

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
Speculation is growing that superannuation minister Bill Shorten will announce reforms to the operation of trustee boards, but if the reforms don't take account of trustee companies the reforms will be toothless. The Australian Financial Review and ...

FIRST Super invites Tony Abbott to board meeting

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... next board meeting. The invite comes in the wake of Abbott's scathing criticism last week of the way industry super fund boards are run. According to reports, the Opposition leader blasted union involvement in industry super, claiming the boards were ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... "This is just plain wrong as, by law, industry funds must have equal numbers of employer and employee directors on their boards. And by law, they must act solely in the interests of their members, not in the interests of banks or organisations which ...