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AFA Practitioner Community appoints new leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers welcomed a new chair and deputy chair to its Practitioner Community. AFA Group Wealth founder John Cachia was named chair, while Mazi Wealth founder Deline Jacovides serves as deputy chair. "Our key role is to be ...

AMP Capital unveils new name

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... allegations. Together with Johnson, who took the reins in June 2021, Collimate's executive leadership team currently comprises chair Patrick Snowball, deputy chair Andrew Fay, and chief financial officer Nadine Lennie, who joins in April. "As a demerged ...

Boards still lagging on diversity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... boards need to change the ways they recruit and look further afield. To do this, boards need a proactive and supportive chair. The report came up with six recommendations for improving the performance of boards: open a discussion to scope the future ...

Magellan fund loses $1bn in five months

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... institutional shareholder St. James' Place yanked out $23 billion. A confluence of Brett Cairns resigning as chief executive and chair Hamish Douglass announcing his divorce and taking a medical leave of absence have led to shrinking FUM and analysts ...

Economics Committee to examine rainy day funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... funds of members by preventing trustees from using these funds to pay for fines incurred by their own actions," Committee chair Jason Falinski said. "However, there have been wide reports of superannuation funds seeking judicial opinions to contravene ...

Super baby bonus proposed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... reform is not passed. "Time is running out for women on low incomes and people working multiple small jobs," Women in Super chair Kara Keys said. "The Bill is before the Parliament this week and has bipartisan support. There is no reason not to pass ...

Magellan funds under review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
After Magellan co-founder Hamish Douglass announced he would take extended medical leave, the company's share price dove and its fund ratings are under review. Morningstar said all of Magellan's global and high conviction funds are under review due ...

New chief executive for Fintech Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... sector, having held senior roles at three global payments fintechs OFX, World First, and TransferMate. Fintech Australia chair Simone Joyce said the new appointment marks the next phase in the association's work of stewarding the industry's growth. ...

Hamish Douglass takes leave of absence

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
Magellan chair Hamish Douglass will take a medical leave of absence to prioritise his health after a period of intense pressure, the company has said in a statement to the ASX. The leave of absence comes as Magellan reports a loss of almost $2 billion ...

Magellan shuns turnaround companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
Magellan Financial Group chair Hamish Douglass continues to take a contrarian stance by shunning "turnaround companies", claiming they make it difficult for fund managers to be profitable. A company in the process of turning around its operations are ...