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Australian Ethical aims super high

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... last three years to pass $1 billion and the super fund has grown to more than 20,000 members. Australian Ethical is a foundation member of the Future Business Council, having recognised the need for a collaborative approach for the business community ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... English coast to mainland Europe. The achievement, which he is hoping will raise $1 million for the Starlight Children's Foundation, was the pinnacle of a year-long training program in which the private equity and water investment expert clocked up hundreds ...

iSelect CEO departs amid takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Life insurance broker iSelect has announced the departure of its chief executive and confirmed a buyout proposal from a private equity firm. Outgoing chief executive Alex Stevens has left the company after 18 months in the role; in his place, iSelect ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundations have distributed almost $1.5 million to seven biomedical researchers. The foundations' trustee, Perpetual, confirmed that $1 million of the philanthropic funds will go towards research that is looking to reduce ...

Shaw and Partners appoints foundation members

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
Shaw and Partners has set up a committee for its charitable foundation and appointed 12 private wealth advisers and executives to the new division. The advice firm established the foundation in June this year and will aim at encouraging staff and clients ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... superannuation, funds management, financial advice, group insurance and asset consultancy. "Compulsory superannuation is a foundation of our retirement income system, it should never be a honey pot for the big four banks." Whiteley said parliamentarians ...

Myonlineadvisers teams up with US robo firm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... portfolio management and crash testing engine since 2010. Among its clients it even lists the Stockholm-based Nobel Foundation, which it helps to model the risk the foundation employs to protect the endowment of Alfred Nobel, ensuring the continued ability ...

New IAG boss signals digital disruption focus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
IAG has set out to embrace digital disruption in naming the person to replace the retiring Mike Wilkins as managing director and chief executive. Peter Harmer will take over the role on 16 November 2015, though Wilkins, who led the business for seven ...

Link Group announces plans for float

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... Superpartners, which the company bought from a cohort of five industry super funds last year. "Link Group has built a strong foundation and has a clearly defined strategy for the future," Link Group chairman Michael Carapiet said. "Link Group's growth ...

Kinetic Super appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... Racing Victoria. She is also a member of the Beyond Bank Australia Risk Committee and chairs the Beyond Bank Australia Foundation. Kinetic Super highlighted her expertise in strategy, market positioning, segmentation and developing winning value propositions. ...