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PASL names trustee director

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... Westaff as managing director and assisted in creating NAPC Super, now RecruitmentSuper in 1992. He has served on several boards including the NAPC. The PASL board held an election between September and November for a member representative trustee director ...

AFS continues expansion

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... initiatives following feedback from its advisers during the past 18 months. Some of these include the establishment of a Boards of Advice, Paraplanning Academy, AFS Business School, acquisition and succession planning, biannual PD days, compliance workshops ...

Austock's McFarlane resigns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2008
... company director and his chair positions on the firm's Property Management and, separately, the Funds Management board. These boards are the responsible entities of the Australian Education Trust, Austock Childcare fund, Api fund and The Australian Social ...

DC pension risk reviews flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... However, the tide is turning and Watson Wyatt found DC plans are focusing more on governance with 11 per cent of trustee boards creating a DC sub committee within the trust to provide time and the focus this issue needs. Meanwhile, the research group's ...

Aviva chief joins IFSA board

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... for more than four years, a role which was expanded last year to include the direction of Malaysian and Taiwanese local boards, an IFSA statement said. He also serves on the Asia Pacific Executive Team Committee responsible for the strategic development ...

Fundies use proxy voting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... pills adopted without shareholder assent. Funds also voted for almost 40 percent of shareholder proposals while company boards backed fewer than 1 percent of such proposals, the study found. Fund managers were also instrumental in ousting entrenched ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... increasing capacity," the survey cited. "They are also likely to demand more assistance in education themselves and their boards and in effectively incorporating alternatives into their portfolio strategies." The survey found as institutional investors ...

Retail and not-for-profit trustees are different

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... well trained in their trustee duties". The survey highlighted the role of service providers among super funds as trustee boards use an average 13 service providers. Related party associations among retail directors were more numerous than for not-for-profit ...

Austock extends risk service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... Australia and the UK. "The evolving nature of accounting standards in the area of derivatives coupled with the importance for boards of independent advice and strong governance has meant clients are very keen to explore how we can partner with them almost ...

FIRST Super, TISS and PPWSF to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... and member services and keep costs low over the long term," according to a statement on the merger website. The Trustee Boards that run the three funds first started exploring the idea of merging in early 2007, driven by the rising cost of meeting government ...