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Former HESTA chair joins Assemble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... comprising of five other Australian business leaders with experience across property, super, responsible investment, banking, finance, aged care and not-for-profits. Emslie is an experienced chair and non-executive director and has a wealth of expertise ...

Vatican shakes up financial management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
By orders of the Pope, the Vatican has a new financial manager. Pope Francis declared that the administrative management of the Vatican's funds should be transferred from the Secretariat of State to the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic ...

Millions of workers facing financial stress: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
Severe and moderate levels of financial stress are impacting around 1.8 million Australian workers, according to AMP's latest Financial Wellness study. AMP said of those 1.8 million, nearly half have been feeling financially stressed for an average ...

InvestSMART adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... chair of Money magazine. Zahos has a bachelor of economics from University of Queensland. She has written two personal finance books. Her other directorship is at Ecstra, a not-for-profit focused on financial literacy. The appointment is subject to formal ...

Emotions lead to losses: Oxford Risk

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... lead to long term losses, but diagnostic tools for financial advisers may solve the problem, according to a behavioural finance expert. Oxford Risk said investors in Australia and elsewhere around the world make investment decisions for emotional comfort ...

Financial services complaints rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... obtained $258.6 million in compensation or refunds to complainants. Most complaints lodged with AFCA related to banking and finance at 58%, down from 60% last year. General insurance was behind that accounting for 24% of complaints, then superannuation ...

DomaCom to deliver affordable housing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... BlueCHP is a tier one community housing provider and can access low-cost government housing loans via the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation. BlueCHP chief executive Charles Northcote said community housing providers have had issues ...

Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... companies." What super funds should do, he said, is diversify more into small-cap fund managers and venture capital managers to finance growth industries as well as increase benefits to their members. Preqin and the Australian Investment Council estimate ...

Westpac extends chief executive's contract

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... senior management roles including chief financial officer, deputy chief financial officer and group general manager of finance. Commenting on the amended employment contract, King said it is a privilege to lead Westpac. "While I am pleased with what ...

First strike at Pengana LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... As your representatives, the PIA Board is comprised of four individuals with an average of 24 years' experience in the finance and investment industry," a Pengana spokesperson said. "...Russel Pillemer, who is also director and chief executive officer ...