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Super proxy votes gone astray

Outdated proxy voting systems mean that shareholder votes cast by superannuation funds on matters including executive pay and corporate strategy are at risk of being lost, say corporate-governance experts.

Without system…

Infrastructure world

Some infrastructure fund managers promised private-equity-like returns to investors in the frothy days before the financial crisis. But their failure has not deterred pension funds in North America, Europe and…

NGS Super seeds catastrophe bond fund

NGS Super has seeded an Australia-domiciled catastrophe bond fund managed by Fermat Capital with $30 million.

NGS Super, the $4.4-billion superannuation fund for workers in non-government schools, invested in the Fermat…

Cbus to show director, executive pay and major stockholdings

Cbus will show director and executive pay, individual stock holdings in top-20 companies and administration costs amid other business details in future annual reports and on its website.

The $17-billion industry…

MySuper to enforce new disclosure and fee rules

The government has used MySuper to enforce the disclosure of superannuation executive and trustee salaries, and to impose rules on fund-manager performance fees.

Super fund executives and trustees, which oversee much…

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