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Sunsuper CEO steps down

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Sunsuper chief executive has stepped down from his position after six years of service and following discussions over a period of time with the Queensland-based super fund. Tony Lally will now pursue a career as non-executive director and Bruce Wilson ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... Standard, we look at best practice post-FOFA fee disclosure, SuperStream readiness, superannuation insurance and profile First Super's chief executive Bill Watson. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial Standard iPadA(C) app ...

FIRST Super questions fairness of Coalition's super board quota policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
FIRST Super chief executive Bill Watson has cast doubt over the legitimacy of the Coalition's policy to impose quotas on industry superannuation fund boards. "As far as I'm aware, for publicly listed companies there's not a requirement that there be ...

First Super to take action over JPM governance concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Australian superannuation fund First Super has expressed strong concerns at 'on-going governance issues' at JP Morgan and has resolved to take action at the annual general meeting. The $1.7 billion industry fund said it would contact its international ...

CFS first retail fund to win MySuper approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... before the end of 2013. It becomes the 22 nd fund to be granted permission from APRA following approvals for REST and First Super last week. "MySuper is the next generation default super arrangement for those members who don't make an investment choice ...

First Super gets MySuper green light

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Industry fund First Super has received its MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). First Super was one of the first funds to lodge an application for the authorisation at the start of the year. According to ...

First Super names CEO

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
First Super has appointed a new chief executive. Bill Watson has worked in senior roles at a number of specialist consultancy firms during his career and joins First Super from management consultant Evans and Peck where he was a principal. He also worked ...

Transition to transparency, a case study

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Cbus has become one of the first super funds in the country to disclose information about their directors and board members as well as investment holdings in its annual reports and in its website, Cbus CEO David Atkin said yesterday at the CMSF. Among ...

Challenger hops on SuperStream gateway

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Challenger Retirement Fund has signed up to the electronic SuperStream rollover gateway, a move that could reduce some of its admin costs to a fraction of where they are today. The Fund said it is the first superannuation fund to sign up to the ...

MySuper still ontrack despite low license applications

ALEX DUNNIN, LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... product, thus minimising the complexity around the the product class. Super fund Sunsuper, which made history as the first super fund to receive approval this month said the process was relatively hassle-free. "Our product and legal teams worked closely ...