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IBM Cognos measures credit risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... transparency of their systems in general. "That's about increasing transparency on their risk and governance policies, which boards are demanding and in some case, driven by the request of stakeholders." This means that even when companies are forced ...

Local super funds welcome Obama admin move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... to have a lag in performance in regards to disclosure and executive renumeration and the genuine independence of their boards." Financial services governance is certainly 'front of mind' for leading investment executives and pension funds with the largest ...

AWM consolidates RSE licences

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... Australian Wealth Management spokesperson said that is unlikely to occur. She said the SMF Funds Management and Questor boards would remain unchanged, so it was unlikely there would be any changes to the products, nor would it affect fund members. This ...

Morgan Stanley and Citi to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... to Bank of America for US$50 billion to survive these turbulent times. The transaction, which has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is expected to close in the third quarter subject to regulatory approvals and other customary ...

Consolidation is not the answer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... number of trustees produced better returns than their peers according to new research, suggesting calls to downsize trustee boards could be counter-productive. The global financial crisis and its impact on super fund performance re-ignited industry debate ...

AvSuper unlikely to follow govt fund mergers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... three government super funds to form a single trustee board. This follows a government announcement in October that trustee boards of Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme and the Defence Force ...

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 ...