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Former AFA director joins myonlineadvisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... Myonlineadvisers has partnered with former director and national GenXT chair of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Fraser Jack, in a move to expand the boutique licensee. Partnering with founder James Sutherland, Jack will work nationally with ...

Adequacy benchmark to help define super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... fund governance, Garcia said the AIST will be contributing to an industry-wide governance code - a likely outcome of the Fraser Review. He said the code will build on the AIST's Fund Governance Framework for Not-for-Profit Superannuation Funds that was ...

Australia and UK to shape retirement landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Adelaide, J.P. Morgan managing director and global pensions executive Benjie Fraser said the way the two regions cover and think about their pension systems paints an interesting picture. London-based ...

Fraser Review compounds board independence impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... for their hires via an industry-wide governance code. This view is a key theme from responses to the independent Bernie Fraser-led governance review, called for by Industry Super Australia and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, and ...

New CEO at Board of Taxation

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... lead the work of the secretariat as well as all communication with industry stakeholders. Secretary to the Treasury, John Fraser, announced on Friday that Karen Payne will be the Board of Taxation's new chief executive from 31 March 2016. Payne has more ...

Industry fund flags DB issues in Fraser review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
An industry superannuation fund has used the Fraser Review on governance to flag its concerns about the administration of defined benefit schemes. Vision Super, a $7.5 billion fund for local government and water authority employees, said any move to ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... who represents their interests. That is currently decided by third parties." The Institute has submitted to the Bernie Fraser-led review of governance arrangements at not-for-profit super funds which was set up as a result of Senate cross-benchers opposing ...

Hastings names new UTA portfolio managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... internal appointment. The appointments come following an announcement that UTA investment director infrastructure, James Fraser-Smith, resigned after a 10-year tenure. Hastings chief executive Andrew Day said the group had conducted a review of the market ...

Ageing Australia will impact budget for next decade

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... significant tolls on the federal budget over the next decade according to a Treasury official. Secretary to the Treasury, John Fraser told the Sydney Institute yesterday that beyond the immediate budget and forward estimates, Australia must be more mindful ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... Trustees (AIST) have commissioned a review by former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor and Treasury Secretary Bernie Fraser to lead the development of a best practice governance code of conduct for not-for-profit superannuation funds by 30 April ...