August 17, 2014

Pru Bennett

Board diversity issue taking hold with proxy advisors

(Pictured: Pru Bennett) by Greg Bright The influential proxy voting and governance consulting firms are becoming increasingly involved in the push for greater board diversity at public companies, with one of them saying it will vote against the chair, if necessary,

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Pru Bennett

Board diversity issue taking hold with proxy advisors

(Pictured: Pru Bennett) by Greg Bright The influential proxy voting and governance consulting firms are becoming increasingly involved in the push for greater board diversity at public companies, with one of them saying it will vote against the chair, if necessary,

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Brian Slade

Goal opens Aussie office as class actions set to rise

(Pictured: Brian Slade) In a timely confirmation of something we all suspected – in a week when lawyers Maurice Blackburn announced their Class Action against each of the big banks over credit card charges – the Goal Group predicted that the

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Response to report on MTAA Super

by Michael Delaney* I write and speak on account of your story on MTAA Superannuation Fund of August 11. I’m pleased for the fund and for my good friend Leeanne [Turner] by the award given to her (the FEAL Fund

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James Moore

Advisor models may impede retirement product sales

(Pictured: James Moore) Fund manager distribution models and the introduction of FOFA may present impediments to the introduction of the latest US-style retirement solutions to Australia, as well as uncertainty around future taxation of annuities, according to a paper by PIMCO.

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Dividends rising in global search for yield

Australia led the way in the Asia Pacific region for dividend growth among listed companies in the past 12 months, according to the latest figures in the Henderson Global Dividend Index, a report from fund manager Henderson Global Investors. Australian

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Rob De Dominicis

Industrial-strength technology passed onto SMSFs

(Pictured: Rob De Dominicis) SMSFs are starting to get a similar level of sophistication at the back end of the administration systems being offered to them as the very big funds have, with the first live SuperStream messages for electronic choice

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