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Sudden departure for CountPlus chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... Financial Planning Association of Australia. He was also an Australian representative at the Financial Planning Standards Board in the US, a business banking manager at NAB and a corporate finance analyst at Westpac.

Vision Super adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
Vision Super welcomed a new member of the board whose experience spans the private and public sectors. The industry super fund appointed Vijaya (VJ) Vaidyanath to its board on January 1. Vaidyanath is the former chief executive of the City of Yarra ...

The Advisers Association appoints chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... managing director of SEQ Advice, a Queensland-based financial advice and services practice. Beimers has served on the TAA board as vice chair since 2020 and was also a board member of TAA's forerunner, AMPFPA, from 2019. TAA chief executive Neil ...

Blackstone agrees $8.9bn deal with Crown

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... and stakeholders," he said. Crown chair Ziggy Switkowski agreed that the deal represents good value for shareholders. "The board has fully considered the Blackstone Transaction and unanimously recommends the proposal, subject to customary conditions ...

Scammers prey on lonely hearts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... "Being physically separated from others can unfortunately make us more vulnerable to scams, lacking an important sounding board to discuss deals or offers that might otherwise appear to be too good to be true," Young said. "Scammers are also becoming ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
The Senate has overturned proxy advice reforms announced at the end of last year, three days after the new regime had begun. On a vote of 29 votes to 25, the Senate disallowed the new regulations that were announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in December ...

AMIST criticised for SPC investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... executive and chief investment officer Murray Rutherford and Peregrine managing director Khalil Shahin have each been given board seats. "The appointment of Mr Shahin as a board member of SPC raises serious governance concerns," the wage theft victims ...

AMP reports $252m loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... Australian wealth management, and the appointment of chairman and deputy chairman designates to establish an independent board. We have also entered into a binding agreement for the sale of the infrastructure debt platform."

AFA Practitioner Community appoints new leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... Jacovides serves as deputy chair. "Our key role is to be the key connection between the practitioners on the ground and the board and governments in this profession," Jacovides said. This will be made possible by bringing together the AFA's sub-communities ...

Boards still lagging on diversity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... capabilities, skills and traits; broaden the brief and search for directors in new fields for missing capabilities and skills; audit board nomination processes and outcomes; tell the story; and chairs should be bold in pushing for greater diversity of ...