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Boutique fund manager names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... over 13 years. Her new responsibilities will focus on driving the firm's broader initiatives and strategies set by the board, which is led by Tim Cox. Black and Shirley co-founded Alexander Funds, which targets wholesale and retail investors. Black ...

Women own $1.2tn in super: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... to retirement begins in the boardroom of financial service companies. "More than one third of our executive team and our board are women, which is an achievement we are incredibly proud of.We want to help all of our members build a better future, and ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... investment teams themselves are very male dominated and they are very traditional in how they invest," she says. Hobbs was on the board of fossil fuel-free super fund Future Super when it first launched. She says she remembers that at the time, many ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) shows. Nearly 35% of women hold a seat on an ASX200 board, almost doubling from seven years ago when there were only 18%. Out of the 200 companies, there are currently only 19 one-woman ...

AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes. The $8.25 per share offer "is still well below both the fair value" of the company, the AGL board told the ASX this morning. Cannon-Brookes, together with his firm Grok Ventures and Brookfield Asset Management, made an ...

HSBC nabs State Street veteran

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... platform solutions for Asia Pacific. Scholfield has also served as a director on the Australian Custodial Services Association board in the past. In his new role, as head of sales and client management at HSBC, Scholfield will be responsible for sales ...

Boardroom diversity benefits investors: eToro

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... consensus ratings, stock liquidity, and market capitalisation. To qualify, at least 40% of both the company's executives and board of directors must be women. Companies included in the portfolio include Disney, GAP, Uber and Paramount Global. The launch ...

EQT buys Stockland Retirement Living for $987m

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... Stockland's villages," Wong said. The transaction is subject to several approvals, including that of the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Advisers cautious of election promises

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
The federal government must be held accountable for making sweeping promises around reducing compliance and qualification red tape, a financial advice industry event has heard. The minister for superannuation, financial services, and digital economy ...

Cbus names deputy chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... executive Denita Wawn has been named in the role, replacing Dave Noonan who stepped down earlier this year. Wawn has been on the board of Cbus since December 2017. She has also previously been a director of Hostplus. She has served as chief executive ...