GOVERNANCE

Policy & Regulation

The Royal Commission has asked ASIC why recent new senior level roles were all filled by internal candidates from a limited pool, amid questions about the regulators’ gov...

Expert Analysis

As a year dominated by the Royal Commission draws to a close, Jenny Johanson looks at what the industry needs to do to rebuild trust, improve governance, and bounce back ...

Policy & Regulation

The prudential regulator has announced the terms of reference for a review of its enforcement strategy....

Superannuation

Despite suggestions it had shelved its push for majority independent directors on superannuation fund boards, the Government has made clear the issue remains very much al...

People & Products

Nikko Asset Management Australia has announced the appointment of Naomi Edwards as its new non-executive director....

Policy & Regulation

The global corporate lending platform has warned the Federal Government of substantial weaknesses in its proposed Open Banking implementation plan....

Features

Are Australian investors growing a conscience? Anastasia Santoreneos writes that the evidence with respect to responsible investments would tend to suggest they are....

Expert Analysis

Lawrence Lam explores how ESG is critical to sustainable outperformance, where should we focus our research efforts, and some practical ways to profit from companies with...

Features

Responsible investment and investment returns are no longer mutually exclusive, and industry experts warn that those who do not get on-board risk a day of reckoning over ...

Funds management

Boards of ASX-listed companies need to consider the value their chief executive delivers for investors and not benchmarks when setting their salary, AMP believes....

People & Products

The Governance Institute of Australia has appointed its youngest-ever national president, Simon Pordage....

Superannuation

Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison, says industry funds cannot rely on past investment performance to absolve them from necessary governance changes....

Funds management

Corporate governance is a key point of differentiation when it comes to investment performance, according to Aberdeen....

Editorial

The Financial Services Council’s Blake Briggs argues that the Government’s changes to super fund governance arrangements and default funds will ultimately help consumers....

Superannuation

The Financial Services Council brands Labor Senators ‘desperate’ and ‘feeble’ for attacking APRA executive, Helen Rowell....

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