Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 91 - 100 of 245 results for "Working Group"

Gender split sees new investment industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... allocation decision. El-Ansary said the report builds on work AVCAL started in 2015 with the inception of its diversity working group. "Diversity is a key driver of innovation, essential for growth and consistent returns for investors. The diverse perspectives ...

Cybersecurity fit for a $16bn insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... $1 million horse." Kicking off the process, IAG's chief information officer and IT executives set up a small working group to identify the cyber threat scenarios to IAG's business through modelling. Cameron gave two examples: a distributed denial ...

FPA appoints new chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... on FPA board's audit and risk management committee and chairs the policy and regulations committee, and the FASEA working group. In another board change, FPA board director Philip Pledge will step down from his role on December 31 after a decade at the ...

Hedge fund industry body promotes Aussie talent

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
An AMP Capital head has been promoted to chair the Australian board of a global industry body that represents more than $2 trillion of hedge fund or private credit assets. Alternative Investment Management Association's Australian board will now ...

Asset consultant expands capital markets team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
A former representative of the Reserve Bank of Australia at the G20 Investment and Infrastructure Working Group recently joined an asset consultant with more than $300 billion in funds under advice. Frontier Advisors appointed Philip Naylor to its capital ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... England's parliament voted 347 to four in favour of the decision, with three voters abstaining. Its environmental working group proposed the amendment, asking the Church's investment bodies to assess companies' progress by 2023. It wants ...

Default life insurance reforms ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... accounts, AIA Australia said the Government can eliminate these via measures outlined by the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group Voluntary Code of Practice. "By adopting new measures on inactive accounts, the government will achieve two-thirds ...

"Collegiality" hinders appointments of female executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... push launched earlier this month and as it approaches its two-year anniversary in May, 30% Club's executive search working group will help with female board appointments while its investors working group will apply pressure through their channels. Female ...

Industry fund signs super code, slashes premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... planning long before it was released. "We have committed significant resources to the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group, which was responsible for the development of the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice, so we had clear ...

O'Dwyer flags government intervention on insurance in super code

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... binding on trustees means that industry-led solutions will not be realised." She added that the Insurance in Super Working Group, the taskforce behind the code, "has not always worked particularly well in providing government with feedback and interaction." ...