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Investors take charge in C-suite equality

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... investors are concerned that just 30 ASX200 companies have at least 40% women in executive leadership. "It's concerning progress has been so slow, and at this rate it will be another 80 years before we see equal representation of men and women at CEO ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... "Individuals exposed to the virus would most likely rapidly eliminate it, with the treatment ensuring that the disease does not progress beyond mild symptoms," Demaison said. "In addition, the rapidity of this response means that the infected individuals ...

CBA progresses with divestment to AIA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Commonwealth Bank has received another payment furthering the divestment of its life insurance business to AIA Group. CBA has received a payment of approximately $450 million for the sale of CommInsure Life with the proceeds resulting in a pro forma ...

Liberman firm backs non-bank lender

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... up to 24 months. "We've been working with the Lumi team since inception and it's been very encouraging to see the progress made to date, especially during COVID as tech enabled businesses have been able to capture more market share from traditional ...

ME Bank profits rise in FY20

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
Despite all the challenges of 2020, ME Bank has managed a positive full year result with the bank determined to stick to its simple model. The bank had a statutory NPAT of $80.8 million in 2020, up 20% on last year's results. Its underlying NPAT was ...

Female ASX 200 chiefs fall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... do better". The Chief Executive Women ASX 200 Senior Executive Census is now in its fourth year, and charts the annual progress of Australia's top listed companies on improving female representation on executive leadership teams. The census found there ...

Aware Super joins forces with Dutch pension fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
Recently rebranded Aware Super has entered into a partnership with the largest pension provider in the Netherlands, APG, to expand a serviced apartment chain across major European capital cities. The asset owners announced the agreement with City ID ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... climate change due to their long-term investment horizon and noted that COVID-19 did not seem to slow down funds in making progress on climate change. However, the majority of super funds the report looked at were not aligned with the net zero by 2050 ...

Citi names global chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... there is always more to do, and I believe the time is right for my successor to lead Citi through this next stage of progress. We know there are products where we can still gain share; we know that the expectations of our customers and clients keep increasing ...

Perks appoints new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
Wealth management firm Perks has appointed a new director to its private wealth division. Nick Connelly has been promoted to the role, having been with Perks since 2008. He was appointed associate director last year. "During his time at Perks, he has ...