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AMP swears it will change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... to deliver an inclusive leadership program beginning in October. AMP's new chair Debra Hazelton will also lead a new AMP Board Culture Working Group. A separate consulting company, Oliver Wyman, has been appointed to support this working group. "The ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... and indigenous leaders over the destruction of the Juukan Gorge in May. Rio Tinto said the decision was made following the board review of the company's cultural heritage management and engagement with investors, shareholders and the traditional owners ...

Industry fund chief to step down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... congratulated Wills, who she describes as having a long track record in the superannuation industry and has proven to the board that he has the leadership and strategic vision to guide BUSSQ into what is a complex but exciting future.

OpenInvest names chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Melbourne-based fintech OpenInvest has appointed a veteran board member and former NAB executive as chair. Spiro Pappas has over 30 years' experience in financial services and is currently chair of Splitit, Atlas Iron Limited and Cognian Technologies ...

Australian Unity profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... earnings fall $23.4 million compared to the previous financial year. In addition to other responses to the pandemic, the board of Australian Unity announced it would forgo 10% of its director fees from July 1 until December 2020. Australian Unity also ...

First State Super makes first take-private bid

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... all-scrip consideration offered by Uniti (on the basis that Uniti shares were trading at $1.43 at September 7). "The OptiComm board considers that given the value premium of the competing proposal relative to the value of the consideration offered under ...

WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... that both he and WAM lead portfolio manager Adrian Siew will be joining both the committee and the investment company's board. Siew boasts 22 years' experience in private equity and alternative asset markets. He started his career with Goldman Sachs ...

Former QSuper chief joins NZ Super Fund board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... The former QSuper chief and the current chair of Commonwealth Bank's staff superannuation fund has been appointed to the board of the $44 billion NZ Super Fund for a five-year term. Rosemary Vilgan will join the board of guardians for NZ Superannuation ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
Total assets held by Australia's super funds rose almost 20% in 2019, with 16 now sitting within the top 300 pension funds worldwide, new analysis shows. In stark contrast to this year, Aussie super funds enjoyed an extremely positive 2019, according ...

Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... very vulnerable client has been indefinitely delayed. ClaimRight founder and Financial Planning Association of Australia board member William Johns wrote to Media Super acting chief executive Tony Griffin last week in a private message on LinkedIn. His ...