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Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... point beyond simple board composition for women on leadership teams. "Pay gap data can also provide some insight into company culture, and whether statements about valuing diversity align with the facts. The conversation can then be about what steps ...

Quinn family rescues beloved Sara Lee

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... has now saved iconic dessert brand, Sara Lee. Sara Lee's administrators at FTI Consulting announced on Monday that the company, which went into voluntary administration last year, had been purchased for an undisclosed sum via the family office of Klark ...

IFM offloads stake in payment software business to Autodesk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... represents the first exit for IFM's second Growth fund and comes on the heels of the disposal of NDIS plan management company My Plan Manager to insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher, as well as recent investments in software firm Tally Group, and Smart ...

GBST raids SS&C for APAC head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
GBST has this month welcomed a head of Asia Pacific, hiring SS&C Technologies' sales director. Jeff Hall has taken on the newly created regional leadership role, responsible for business development and operations across GBST's wealth management and ...

ASIC files contempt orders against repeat offender

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... Because of the investigation, Financial Circle's AFSL and credit licenses were cancelled in November 2018, and the company was fined $9 million. ASIC called the Financial Circle case a "sequel" to the WRM [injunction] proceedings of 2017. The current ...

Vale Lang Walker

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... Walker has passed away, aged 78. Walker, who alongside his father Alec formed the privately-owned property development company Walker Corporation over 50 years ago, has been remembered as a nation-builder with "remarkable" generosity. In a statement ...

500 jobs to be axed at abrdn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... handing its Australian equities business over to SG Hiscock. The value of abrdn's shares have more than halved since the company was created via a merger of Aberdeen Asset Management and Standard Life in 2017.

Diverger shareholders welcome Count takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
Diverger shareholders have given Count their seal of approval to acquire the company in a landslide voting result. An overwhelming 99.97% of shareholders voted in favour of Count taking over the company at yesterday's scheme meeting. In the lead up ...

ISPT fills newly created head of mandates role, announces departures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... Meanwhile, ISPT announced the departure of Luke Briscoe, head of capital and product development, who'll be leaving the company at the end of February. Briscoe, who joined ISPT in April 2022 from AMP Capital, initially worked on executing and delivering ...

Gannet Capital increases Touch Ventures stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... group, with Glenn Poswell taking up a board seat. Touchcorp, a subsidiary of Block Inc., sold its 19.99% interest in the company, with Gannet Capital buying up most of its shares. It brings Gannet Capital's total shareholding to 17.81%. As such ...