Volume 6 Number 2

Volume 6 Issue 2

Cover Story

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce talks to FS Super associate editor James Fernyhough about Westfield, company engagement, and the role of members in investment strategy. UniSuper's recent ... UniSuper ... Read more

A career in retrospect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

In September, HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy announced that she would be standing down after 16 years at the helm of one of Australia's largest super funds. James Fernyhough caught up with ... In ... Read more

MTAA Super's governance shake-up: a model for the future?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

The Financial System Inquiry report will be released this Sunday, and it is widely expected to have something to say about superannuation fund governance - namely, that the boards of super funds should ... The ... Read more

Insurance

Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH , LAURA MILLAN | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

In the wake of the group insurance crisis, super funds are one-by-one renegotiating their contracts with their life insurers. As a result, premiums are rising significantly, in many cases bringing them ... In ... Read more

Administration & Management

Top 10 trends in the Australian superannuation industry

DARREN STEVENS | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

While the Australian superannuation industry has been preoccupied in recent years with responding to a raft of regulatory change, the world has not stood still. A number of forces have come into play ... While ... Read more

Ethics & Governance

ESG - busting the myths

MANS CARLSSON-SWEENY | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

AMP Capital senior research analyst Mans Carlsson-Sweeny draws some key distinctions between environment, social and governance (ESG) investing, and its sister disciplines of responsible and ethical ... Read more

Are independent trustee directors needed?

ANDREW BOAL | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Towers Watson's Andrew Boal gives his views on the topical question of whether super funds should be forced to have a quota of independent directors. It seems clear to most people in the industry ... Towers ... Read more

Remunerating executives for shareholder value

AMANDA WILSON , SUSHEELA PERES DA COSTA | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Regnan's Amanda Wilson and Susheela Peres da Costa look at the controversial issue of executive remuneration. Regnan's Amanda Wilson and Susheela Peres da Costa look at the controversial ... Read more

Corporate reporting in Australia

GORDON HAGART | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

ACSI's latest paper on sustainability reporting in Australia reveals a steady improvement, but finds some companies are still falling short. It is now widely recognised that environmental, social ... ACSI's ... Read more

Unravelled: the best interest duties - process or outcome?

MICHELLE LEVY | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Superannuation fund trustees and their lawyers (including this one) have been grappling for years with what the covenant in section 52(2)(c) of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (the ... Superannuation ... Read more

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Last month's United Nations Climate Summit saw a flurry of announcements from some of the world's major institutional investors, ranging from pledges to divest from fossil fuels, to calls on ... Read more

Investment

Regulation and risk

MADHU GAYER | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Madhu Gayer of BNP Paribas compares two strategies for measuring risk: the European Synthetic Risk Reward Indicator and the Australian Standard Risk Measure. Risk management is firmly in the spotlight ... Madhu ... Read more

Investor responses to climate change

HELGA BIRGDEN | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

Mercer's Helga Birgden looks at how asset managers and pension funds are tackling the risks associated with climate change. Mercer's Helga Birgden looks at how asset managers and pension ... Read more

The responsibility of super

SIMON O'CONNOR | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor discusses the importance of responsible investment, arguing that consumers are increasingly expecting their super funds to invest their money ethically. It's ... RIAA ... Read more

Fixed income - time to think differently

ARIF HUSAIN | Comments | SUNDAY, 4 AUG 2013

There is still a place for fixed income, despite the fact that the 30-year bond bull market has ended, argues T. Rowe Price's Arif Husain. There is still a place for fixed income, despite the ... Read more

Latest News


Senate secures members' interest changes HARRISON WORLEY Insurance in superannuation is now opt-in only for new members under the age of 25 and those with low account balances, after the government's Putting Members' Interest First super reforms passed through the Senate yesterday.	Intrust Super revamps robo-advice KRISTI CHENG Intrust Super has relaunched its robo-advice offering, increasing the solution's speed while decreasing the user input requirements.

Big Super Day Out success, but more to be done HARRISON WORLEY The First Nations Foundation's 2019 Big Super Day Out reconnected more than $9.5 million in superannuation with Indigenous Australians.	Major super funds caught in fraud scandal ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON Several of Australia's largest superannuation funds were targeted by an online fraud syndicate which siphoned millions from share-trading and super accounts.

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Closing the gap

MELINDA HOWES
GENERAL MANAGER, SUPERANNUATION
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After a period of hiatus, Melinda Howes returned to BT Financial Group as general manager of superannuation having realised her passion for super and the difference she can make in members' lives. Karren Vergara writes.

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