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Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Superannuation funds must better engage with the boards of listed companies in order to bring a longer-term perspective to their decisions, according to the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA). In a new paper entitled, 'Improving engagement between ...

AMP migrates platforms into North Online

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... technology, experienced combined net cashflow losses of $1,402 million in financial year 2013. AMP Director of Superannuation Patricia Montague said that North's strong growth was driven by investment in the platform features increasing its appeal to ...

Future Fund names interim managing director

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... officer Paul Mann as acting managing director. He will take over from Mark Burgess, who leaves the $97 billion public superannuation fund at the end of the month. Mann joined the Future Fund in 2007 from PwC, where he served in both Australia and the ...

Dalton Nicol Reid wins $40m Intrust mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Intrust Super has awarded a $40m mandate to Australian equities fund manager, Dalton Nicol Reid. Intrust is a boutique $1.6 billion industry super fund based in Queensland for the hospitality sector with 130,000 members and 10,000 employers. The mandate ...

Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The Singapore government has announced that Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates will next year climb for pre-retirees up to 35% while also establishing a $8 billion special purpose fund to pay for the health care needs of the Pioneer Generation. ...

IOOF reports growth across the board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... results, and will pay an interim fully franked dividend of 22.5 cents per share. The funds management, advice, superannuation and trustee services provider saw growth across the board, with funds under management, administration, advice and supervision ...

Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called for superannuation to be taken out of the modern awards system, a move it believes would improve competition among super funds and ultimately benefit members. In its submission to the government discussion ...

Sinodinos announces SuperStream governance structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... SuperStream gateway network for the next two years, in a move it says will provide "certainty and stability" for the superannuation industry. During this two-year period the ATO will "convene a governance group made up of industry participants, including ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). We also investigate the calls from some sectors of the industry to take superannuation out of the modern awards system and in our profile interview we speak to ex-Wallaby captain and chief executive of Centric ...

Ripoll demands parliamentary debate for FoFA reforms

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
Shadow Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bernie Ripoll has called for a full parliamentary debate for the government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. "We need a proper parliamentary debate rather than force changes ...