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TAL director named CEDA chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... Healthcare, GBST, PropertyLook, and icare. She is a member of Chief Executive Women and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Bartlett said it is an honour to lead CEDA and succeed Smith-Gander as in the role. "Diane has provided outstanding ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... regulator is calling for the consideration of perceived conflicts of interest and reputational risks when appointing directors, and while it's easy to think of cases where this would be appropriate, Gilbert + Tobin partner Luke Barrett told Financial ...

Bain, CC Capital up Insignia bids

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... business; a unanimous recommendation of the board of Insignia Financial and a commitment from all Insignia Financial directors to vote in favour of the applicable proposal, in the absence of a superior proposal and subject to an independent expert concluding ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... independence - especially for entities nested within larger corporate groups - while imposing a 10-year limit for non-executive directors. This comes amid scrutiny of governance failings, including an independent review of Cbus, which found scant evidence ...

BUSSQ handed stricter licence conditions by APRA amid appeal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... act in the best financial interests of members and have robust processes to assess the fitness and propriety of their directors. It added that the decision to impose additional licence conditions stemmed from prudential concerns over BUSSQ's compliance ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... silent." One of the main recommendations was for superannuation trustee boards to be comprised mostly of independent directors and an independent chair. "Independent directors, as this committee heard, can expand the skills and capabilities of boards ...

ART, MLC AM, HESTA name directors

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... Marnie Baker and former Brighter Super director Jennifer Thomas have joined the Australian Retirement Trust Board. Both directors bring extensive experience to the ART board. Baker spent 35 years with Bendigo, including six years as chief executive. ...

Cbus faces fresh investigation over fund expenditure practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... recent years to improve its operational risk management following changes to senior management - notably, CFMEU board directors Rita Mallia, Dave Noonan, and Jason O'Mara exited, though O'Mara later rejoined the board. A statement from Cbus said ...

Execs face shareholder backlash over pay: Georgeson

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... year before. In Australia, two consecutive strikes trigger a further vote on whether a board should be 'spilled' and if directors should present themselves for re-election at a subsequent meeting. The number of firms narrowly avoiding a strike did not ...

BUSSQ loses legal bid to overturn additional licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... allegations of "serious misconduct" within the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), which has three directors on the fund's 14-member board. Notably, the three CFMEU-appointed directors at Cbus - Rita Mallia, Dave Noonan, and ...