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Corporate super fund names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
A former HESTA chief executive will become the chair of Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund in July. TelstraSuper appointed Anne-Marie Corboy as chair for a period of three years, replacing David Leggo, who departs on June 30. Leggo ...

Industry fund strengthens board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... Merlicek was chief investment officer at IOOF for eight years to June 2017. Prior to this he served in the same role at Telstra Super for a decade. At the 2017 SelectingSuper Awards, Rainmaker Group managing director Christopher Page presented Merlicek ...

Corporate superannuation fund hunts new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund is searching for a new chair as the incumbent prepares to wrap up a final three-year term. David Leggo departs TelstraSuper on 30 June 2019; he joined the board in 2010. The fund's constitution ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... Communications Minister, she was alongside Prime Minister John Howard as he announced the sale of then government-owned Telstra. After she left Canberra, Coonan built a portfolio of board directorships at many large companies. And now she chairs the ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... stocks (AfterPay trades increased 236% by value) but the telecoms industry fell out of favour with the investor class. Telstra trading volumes fell 38% with 60% of the SMSF trades in the stock a sell. TPG also fielded a strong sell sentiment. Separately ...

Infrastructure fund plans SMSF raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... exposure to unlisted infrastructure assets like airports and toll roads is planning to raise $50 million in March. Former Telstra Super head of alternatives Nicole Connolly's Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund clubs together money from smaller ...

Former Morgan Stanley chief to join Westpac board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... before chairing the organisation. She currently serves as a director at shopping centre giant Scentre Group, as well as Telstra and Australian Pacific. A fellow of the Australian Institute of Company directors, Seale was previously managing director ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... Shareholders' Association show retail investors highly favour the big four banks above other major blue-chip stocks like BHP, Telstra and IAG. For example, more than half (53%) of shareholders in CBA were mum and dad investors as at March 2018. Hyperion ...

Chief economist update: US consumer sentiment cops bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
"Not happy, Jan!" For the young ones, the quote refers to Telstra's "yellow pages" advertisement back in the days before the internet, when you, I and Irene scoured through pages and pages (two volumes of it) of listings to buy stuff or get our ...

CRO departs corporate super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
The chief risk officer at Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund will link with Equity Trustees in the New Year. Owen Brailsford will join Equity Trustees in February 2019 as the firm's chief risk officer. He is leaving his post at ...