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Centuria flags acquisition strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... both the ASX-listed companies. Centuria proposed to acquire Propertylink in September 2017, but was rejected by PLG's directors. PLG's board said at the time the takeover "undervalues PLG, taking into account the nature of consideration, the underlying ...

More female clients requires more female advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... to articulate clear targets and timeframes for achieving them. New research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors shows the percentage of women appointed to boards has spiked already this year, with women accounting for 47% of ASX200 board ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... the proportion of each fund's senior leadership roles that are held by women - board chairs, chief executives, trustee directors or senior managers. The study analysed not-for-profit super funds because these funds have trustee boards which directly ...

Private equity firm sells Bravura stake

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... society bonds, funeral bonds, and death and distress benefit funds. It supports a large network of Australia's funeral directors through the provision of funds management for pre-paid funeral plan products and funeral bonds. Foresters recently embarked ...

Kerr Neilson steps down as Platinum chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... joint role as chief executive and chief investment officer, noting that "with the strong support of the other executive directors, my time was essentially focused on investing." "More important still is that in an investment performance-driven organisation ...

A-REIT chair retires, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
An ASX-listed real estate investment trust has announced the retirement of its chair, to be replaced by a former Merrill Lynch Australia managing director. GPT Group chair Rob Ferguson will retire at the $20 billion firm's annual general meeting in ...

Colonial First State awards $385m mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... management team to help support its growth strategy, which comprises: Nicolas Moreau (chief executive and chair of managing directors), Claire Peel (chief financial officer), Jon Eilbeck (chief operating officer) and Nikolaus von Tippelskirch (chief ...

Government passes BEAR reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... fail to meet the expected standards. Under the regime, banks will be required to register all senior executives and directors with APRA and provide greater clarity as to their responsibilities. As such, APRA has been afforded broader enforcement powers ...

Investec unveils succession plan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... Koseff and Kantor will step down from their roles on 1 October 2018, and from 1 April 2019 will become non-executive directors. Burger will retire on 31 March 2019 and become a non-executive director on certain subsidiary and associate boards. The board ...

Industry fund appoints former Queensland state politician

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... for the role' approach to chair selection, scrapping its traditional method of rotating between member and employer directors every three years. Swan said Fraser had the unanimous support of the board, saying it is acutely aware of the importance of ...