James Fernyhough Journalist, Financial Standard (at time of writing) James is a journalist at Financial Standard and Associate Editor of FS Super.
JAMES FERNYHOUGH | 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 governments to introduce carbon pricing. But how serious ... Read more JAMES FERNYHOUGH , LAURA MILLAN | 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 line with retail premiums. This is causing some ... Read more JAMES FERNYHOUGH | 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 her to hear her thoughts on HESTA's evolution ... Read more JAMES FERNYHOUGH | 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 have a quota of independent trustees. While many ... Read more JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013 As one-time chair of the Cooper Review, Jeremy Cooper knows Australia's superannuation system as well as anyone. His recommendations led to the Labor government's Stronger Super reforms, which radically changed the way the system operates. Many ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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The super, super fund
DEANNE STEWART
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AWARE SUPER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AWARE SUPER
Aware Super has marked its expansion into Europe with the grand opening of its London office.