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Channel Capital adds Cayman director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... a director to its Cayman Islands business. Channel Capital Cayman appointed Craig Brenton as a director, focused on governance. Brenton was most recently the head of fund services at Catalyst Fund Administration and Intertrust Corporate Services, where ...

AUSTRAC to face scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... proceeds of foreign crime. The Senator is also seeking to clarify how AUSTRAC identifies emerging problems and addresses governance and risk-management weakness. The inquiry comes after Westpac was hit with a $1.3 billion fine by AUSTRAC last year for ...

Westpac backs out of NZ demerger plans

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... (RBNZ) instructed Westpac New Zealand to hold additional liquid assets and commission independent reports into its risk governance and liquidity risk management. "After a detailed review, we believe a demerger of the WNZL business would not be in the ...

Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... development of the sophistication of our trustee. Clearly, it is essential to have investment skills, legal, accounting and governance capabilities. Of course, knowledge of the industries you represent is vital too," he said. "But an increasingly important ...

ClearView risk chief joins IOOF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... months in the chief risk officer role. Cowan has joined IOOF in the newly created senior role of head of investment governance - distribution. In this role Cowan will oversee governance practices and processes, supporting the group's APRA-regulated entities ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... said. As such, the report recommends that entities are demonstrating visible leadership and appropriate oversight and governance over culture, sexual harassment and gender equality. This is followed by ensuring the company has the skills and experience ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... negatively impacted labour productivity. Compounding the issue, they argued, is a dearth of skills, institutions, and governance structures to understand the housing system and construct a coherent policy response. In a survey of 87 leading economists ...

Rest appoints head of operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... role this month and will be based in the Sydney office, reporting to general manager, administration solutions and governance David Madden. The appointment comes after Rest hired former AustralianSuper business solutions manager Jessica Empson to the ...

L1 Capital launches activist fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... fund invests long-only in the top 200 Australian public companies, using shareholder activism to enhance corporate governance and protect their interests. Hawkins will work alongside L1 Capital managing directors and co-chief investment officers Rafi ...

Aware Super awards $30bn mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... investment officer Damien Graham said. "SSGA is a world-class investment company with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials that are very aligned to our own. Their proposal offered compelling value for money for our members and ...