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Government scraps Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The government has announced it will scrap Labor's plan to set up a Council of Superannuation Guardians and a Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability, arguing it would create unnecessary bureaucracy. The purpose of the Charter was to "clearly ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Chief executive of the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, Adrian Orr, has been elected deputy chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). As deputy, Orr will play second fiddle to chair Bader M. Al Sa'ad of the Kuwait Investment ...

Future Fund starts global search for MD

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013

Future Fund MD Burgess to step down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... role for the time being to facilitate a smooth transition to the new leadership of the Agency. Future Fund Board of Guardians chairman David Gonski thanked him for his role in guiding the Agency and the support he provided to the board during his time ...

NZ Super posts record annual return

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... the 2012/13 year has been exceptional, it should not be seen as a precursor of on-going returns at the same level," Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation chairman Gavin Walker said. Walker said that the annual return capped off a successful 12 ...

Labor pledges five-year freeze on super tax

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... won't change half way through the game." Under the proposals tabled by Labor, an independent Council of Superannuation Guardians will, every five years, consider possible changes to the superannuation taxation system then make recommendations for the ...

Investors warned off making extra super contributions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... totally wrong," Montgomery said. The government has recently announced plans to establish a Council of Superannuation Guardians. The council is aimed at depoliticising super and ensuring the system's sustainability and adequacy into the future. However ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... focus on and promote long-term success for investors, according to David Gonski. The chair of the Future Fund board of guardians said the investment community, and Australian business more generally, suffers from shortsightedness. "Australia suffers ...

Government to hold public forums on Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... create the Super Charter in April. It also announced the creation of a Council of Superannuation Custodians to serve as guardians of the Charter. "The purpose of the Charter," according to Shorten, "is to enshrine the core objectives, values and principles ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... equity bandwagon. In her article headed, "Central Banks Load Up on Equities", Ms. Jones reports that, "Central banks, guardians of the world's $11 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves, are buying stocks in record amounts as falling bond yields push ...