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Industry braces for majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Superannuation fund boards should comprise a majority of independent directors including an independent chair, David Murray has recommended in the Financial System Inquiry final report. If the government implements this recommendation, it would represent ...

Financial System Inquiry recommendations wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... fund into which their Superannuation Guarantee contributions are paid. Governance of superannuation funds: Mandate a majority of independent directors on the board of corporate trustees of public offer superannuation funds, including an independent chair ...

New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... began working on the VCMM more than six years ago, and through continuous development it has the ability to model the majority of global markets and generates distributional forecasts for hundreds of financial market parameters including inflation, yield ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... program." Statisticians have also rounded on alpha gatherers. Recent data from S&P Dow Jones Indices showed that the vast majority of Australian active managed funds have under-performed their respective benchmarks across virtually all sectors of the ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... legislation in a move that could put the industry immediately into breach of law. The motion is supported by a Senate majority of 25 Labor Senators, 10 Greens Senators, independent Senator Nick Xenophon, Palmer United Party (PUP) Senator Jacqui Lambie ...

New Fortnum advice business targeting accountants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... efficient and profitable practices through training, coaching and interaction with their peers." Charlton said the majority of accountants were still unsure about whether they would apply for a full or limited Australian Financial Services licence; join ...

SMEs embracing accounting in the cloud

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The overwhelming majority of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) intend to increase expenditure on cloud accounting technology in the near future, according to a recent survey by Wolters Kluwer. A whopping 96% of respondents said they intended ...

Prime Super appoints fourth independent director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... look to expand further into the health and aged care industries." Unlike most industry super funds, Prime Super has a majority of independent directors, with only one union (Australian Workers' Union) and one employer nominated (National Farmers' Federation) ...

Bloomberg takes full control of UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... 700 AUD and NZD bonds, representing a total market value of over $1 trillion. They are used as benchmarks for the majority of fixed income funds in Australia. First State Super, has been among the first to transition to the Bloomberg AusBond Indexes ...

Energy Super CEO explains disclosure decision

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Energy Super's decision to publicly disclose the majority of its holdings on its website represents a shift in focus onto the growing cohort of members who want to know what their money is doing, according to the fund's chief executive Robyn Petrou. ...