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Warren Buffett to retire, recommends successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... arrived where Greg should become the chief executive officer of the company at year end. I want to spring that on the directors effectively and that's my recommendation," Buffett said. However, Buffett flagged that he may still "hang around and could ...

Datt Capital sets in motion Koonenberry Gold board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... preservation. The boutique investment manager, which has a 12% stake in Koonenberry Gold, wants to eject two non-executive directors: Darren Glover and George Rogers. It wants to replace them with Tim Kennedy, as an independent non-executive director ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... from Perpetual, where he started as a graduate in 2021. Finally, Cbus Super has welcomed Mark Fagan to the board of directors. Currently, Fagan is operating chief at The Australian Workers' Union. The super fund noted: "Mark brings extensive skills ...

New sustainable real assets boutique eyes housing, aged care

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... founders have all worked together at Lighthouse Infrastructure for the past five years; Johnston and Hooper were managing directors, while O'Dea was investment director. Individually, they also bring experience working with the likes of Hastings ...

Corporate fund selects Mercer Super for SFT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... the changing regulatory landscape and associated increase in costs. It also noted the need to rotate its long-standing directors, most of which serve on the board voluntarily and some of which have done so for more than two decades. The two also have ...

Equity Story to buy advisory firm Baker Young

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... accounts. The Baker Young brand will be retained as a division within Equity Story, with co-founders and joint managing directors Alan Young and David Baker set to remain with the business key roles to support of smooth transition. Equity Story said ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... and called on ACSI attendees to help. Evans said while Australia's Modern Slavery Act has some "weaknesses", company directors have started having open discussions about the issue. "I now have very engaged and informed conversations with directors as ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... trimmed its stake in WiseTech to $580 million, or 1.9% of the company, when a fresh controversy erupted. Four independent directors resigned, citing "intractable differences" within the board and "differing views" about White's ongoing role. AustralianSuper ...

ASIC, ASFA spar over super fund trustees 'not knowing' their business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... superannuation sector, branding it the "poster child" for what can and does go wrong when governance implodes, while accusing directors of "not knowing" their business. In a speech at the Australian Institute of Company Directors Australian Governance ...

Family office appoints inaugural chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... inaugural chair to its foundation board in Julia Davison, alongside new director Tanya Hosch. The sit alongside existing directors Bree Fraser, Jay Weatherill, and the foundation's head Alyssa Lane.