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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 ...

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 ...