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Board seats open for Women in Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Women in Super (WIS) continues its push for better representation of women on executive boards, particularly super funds, through a new scholarship program. NSW WIS will fund the attendance of up to four NSW WIS members to a 'Women on Boards' Workshop ...

Super funds to disclose pay, raise board governance: AIST

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
A governance framework asking superannuation funds to disclose executive pay and review directors of multiple boards was launched today at the Conference of Major Super Funds on the Gold Coast. The new framework, developed by the Australian Institute ...

More time needed for Stronger Super side issues: Costello

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... interests of members. "Peerism is destroying value in the funds we manage," he said. The issue of trustees being on multiple boards also needed to be addressed, he said in response to an audience question.

Macq Bank chair resigns

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... independent director, H Kevin McCann, has worked with Clarke for the past 14 years and will take over the role as chairman of the boards of both Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank, effective today. "I speak for every board member, past and present, when ...

PAS taps board diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... with the latest findings from APRA that superannuation funds are not doing enough to create gender diversity on trustee boards. "Within our fund, females have been appointed in multiple senior executive roles, including CEO, COO, Company Secretary, Compliance ...

Related party asset exposures pose conflict: report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... report highlights the flaws of the retail model. "In retail funds, you have 60 per cent of the directors [on super fund boards] who are also employees of the organisation - that model basically sets up conflicts of interest. "You could argue that that ...

APRA report sparks fresh debate on boardroom diversity

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... superannuation share their views on the regulator's report released yesterday that shows the glaring absence of women on trustee boards. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released findings that found licensed trustees on average have ...

Coalition gives qualified support to reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... "Why would the government not support the Cooper Review recommendation to require independent directors on superannuation boards? Or the recommendation that directors of super funds should sit on a single fund board and not hold multi-directorships?" ...

LGsuper and City Super set merger date

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
The boards of LGsuper and City Super have given the green light for both funds to merge next year to create a $5 billion-plus fund with over 90,000 members. The merge will be completed by 30 June next year with an immediate focus on short-term efficiencies ...

Aus Ethical and TCI score win in climate advocacy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... will being reporting its emissions next year while Paladin energy has agreed to do so within two years. Last month, the boards of both companies rejected proposals requesting disclosure of their carbon emissions, as well as their capital investment assumptions ...