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Super funds hungry for offshore assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... strategies tend to be fully hedged. Funds that are not fully hedged are typically smaller in size and sit within the corporate and retail sectors. Some 88% of super funds tend to fully hedge infrastructure exposures. "More funds want to view currency ...

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... warned it will clamp down on financial advice misconduct and ensure it sees an end to grandfathered commissions. The corporate watchdog outlined its priorities for the advice sector between now and 2023 in its recently released Corporate Plan. One of ...

LIC announces board changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... McBain relinquishes his seat on the audit and risk committee, and will also step down as chair of the nominations and corporate governance committee. Eamonn Roles replaces McBain as non-executive director effective 30 August 2019. Roles was most recently ...

ASIC approves name and shame rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
The corporate regulator has given the Australian Financial Complaints Authority the green light to name financial services companies and superannuation funds in its determinations. In deciding to disclose names, ASIC said this will help identify conduct ...

Board addition strengthens strategic relationship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... US currency annuities issued by Mitsui Sumitomo Primary Life. Kobayashi is director and managing executive officer (corporate planning, risk management and finance) for Mitsui Sumitomo Primary Life, a subsidiary of MS&AD. Prior to joining Mitsui Sumitomo ...

Government should intervene in BOLR changes: Opposition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... Royal Commission. Tudehope then said he was unsure of the government's ability to intervene in a decision made by a corporate entity as to the way it implements those recommendations. Asked by Mookhey to specify which recommendations he was referring ...

Perpetual in acquisition mode

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... at $514 million. Both the investments and private wealth business reported a dip in their profits before tax but the corporate trust services business profit grew by 12% during the year. Perpetual Private's 11% lower profit before tax of $41.2 million ...

Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... executive, Mark Zuckerberg. CalSTRS said intervening in the existing derivative suit will give it the opportunity to pursue corporate governance reform. Its aim is to "protect Facebook's profitability, strengthen the resiliency of its business model ...

CommInsure sale stalls, sold for discount

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... in January 2020, joining from Telstra where she is currently group general counsel and group executive of legal and corporate affairs. Wharton joined CBA in 2016 and has led change programs to upgrade the bank's technology and regulatory operations. ...

Perpetual profits dip, investments down 29%

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... at $514 million. Both the investments and private wealth business reported a dip in their profits before tax but the corporate trust services business profit grew by 12% during the year. Perpetual Private's 11% lower profit before tax of $41.2 million ...