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First Super makes board appointment

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017

A $2.6 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed an employee representative to its board. Joining the First Super board is Scott McDine. The appointment was effective 1 September. McDine replaces outgoing director Dave Kirner as an employee ...

Best practice drives Media Super appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017

... Media Super has also created a new, part-time risk manager role, appointing Laurie Kennedy. Kennedy is formerly of First Super, where he held the same role. Kennedy spent four years at First Super, prior to which he held a number of roles at ANZ across ...

First Super halts private equity investments

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 10 APR 2017

First Super will make no new investments in its private equity program as its existing $100 million private equity portfolio is under review. This is being done, the fund said, due to concerns about poor labour practices exhibited by companies in which ...

First Super appoints director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017

The First Super board now comprises five female members following the addition of a new director. Janet Gilbert, a legal and industrial relations lawyer with the Timber Trade Industrial Association, joins the industry fund's board as an employer representative. ...

ACSI adds AustralianSuper chief to board

EMMA RAPAPORT | FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017

... members including AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk. Also joining Silk as a new member on the ACSI board is First Super trustee director Candy Broad. The pair joins the board to oversee the council's finances and regulatory requirements. "The ...

Frontier appoints new director

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017

Frontier Advisors recently welcomed a new director. Mike Radda is currently an employer director on the First Super board of trustees and a member of First Super's investment committee. He has also had multiple roles in the furniture industry, including ...

TelstraSuper rolls out digital makeover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017

... capacity, making knowledge around their super and investments critical. Reflecting this, TelstraSuper was one of the first super funds to offer financial planning services to their members. "But we have strong representation across the different age ...

UniSuper partners to bridge financial literacy gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017

... that UniSuper recognises the importance of financial literacy across all ages, championing the cause as one of the first super funds to launch financial literacy initiatives for members - something it continues to see demand for. "We are committed to ...

First Super names new co-chair

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016

Industry super fund First Super has appointed a new co-chair. Stepping in to the new role is Lisa Marty. She has been a director on First Super's board for four years and was previously a chief executive of the Victorian Association of Forestry Industries. ...

Industry fund appoints new CEO

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016

... Most recently he was a director at Super Benefits Administration - an industry administrator with clients including First Super. Szuster has more than 30 years' industry experience including working at Mercer for about 20 years up to 2005, where he was ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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