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Retired Aussies deserve more: Household Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... some kind of longevity risk protection so you don't have that fear always of running out of funds," Household Capital chair Deborah Ralston said. Retirement planning doesn't end at retirement, that's important to know, she added. "That's ...

DTCC poaches longstanding BNY Mellon executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... responsibilities. "We are very pleased to welcome Frank as president and chief executive of DTCC," DTCC's non-executive board chair Robert Druskin said. "Frank brings extensive global experience across a wide range of front office and functional support ...

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $61.4bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... keep as many shareholders in privatized Twitter as allowed by law." On the radical move, Twitter's independent board chair Bret Taylor said: "The Twitter board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon's proposal with a ...

Six cases brought against Westpac now finalised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... of its business to implement appropriate systems and processes to ensure its customers were treated fairly," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "Westpac, like all licensees, has an obligation to be honest and fair in its provision of financial services. ...

Wayne Swan joins AIST board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... appointment of the former federal treasurer and deputy prime minister alongside AustralianSuper executive Sarah Adams. Swan, the chair of Cbus, and Adams, the group executive strategy, reputation & corporate affairs at AustralianSuper, joined the board ...

US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
From its daily peak, the SP500 index fell 2.61% after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell flagged aggressive rate hikes. At an International Monetary Fund panel discussion, Powell said: "It is appropriate, in my view, to be moving a little more quickly." ...

Pension fund pushes for independent chair at Berkshire Hathaway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
One of the world's largest pension funds has indicated it will vote Warren Buffett out as chair of Berkshire Hathaway at the company's annual general meeting later this month. Despite his notoriety as the world's best investor, the California ...

UK regulator introduces diversity rules for listed entities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... Under the rules, the boards of listed entities must comprise 40% women and at least one of the senior executive positions - chair, chief executive, chief financial officer or senior independent director - must be held by a woman. Further, at least one ...

Spirit Super pays tribute to Doug Fry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
One of Spirit Super's founding directors and its longest serving chair, Doug Fry, passed away last week. The fund paid tribute to Fry, who was a key player in the establishment of Tasplan. He was a founding director and served as chair of Tasplan for ...

Australia's first-ever Bitcoin ETF to launch next week

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
Australia's first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is expected to list on the Cboe Australia platform as soon as next week. The race to be the first physically backed Bitcoin ETF in Australia will be between Cosmos Asset Management and ETF Securities. ...