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APRA reviews priorities in super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... valuations. Before the end of 2021, it wants to develop an implementation plan that reviews unlisted asset valuations, the board of trustees' capability, and complete the thematic review on outsourcing. Before 1 January 2022, the prudential regulator ...

QBE chief exits after workplace complaint

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... Standard that the complaint against the now departed Pat Regan had come from a female employee, with the insurance giant's board launching an external investigation just a day after the complaint was made. The spokesperson would not reveal the nature ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cuts capex

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... report with the ABS noting that: "Estimate 3 for 2020-21 is $98,624m. This is -12.6% lower than Estimate 3 for 2019-20." The board of the Australian central bank will meet tomorrow for its monthly monetary policy deliberations. Financial markets expect ...

Evans Dixon reports $30.5m loss

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... are making in external distribution capability for our strongly performing core direct equities strategies," it said. The board decided not to declare a dividend to maintain liquidity. "Over the long-term the board remains committed to an annual target ...

Challenges on the horizon for CountPlus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... Financial from Commonwealth Bank last year, 101 advisers left. However, over the same period a further 46 advisers came on board. Of the 101 advisers that left 54 retired or ceased providing advice, 32 joined another licensee due to cost, 11 changed ...

Industry fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
A $5.2 billion profit-to-member superannuation fund has appointed a new director to its board. Allison Harker joins the board of Prime Super as a director, bringing with her financial services, human resources and primary industries expertise. Her early ...

Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... regulatory approval and other conditions, but is expected to finalise in the first half of next year. "On behalf of Aon's board of directors and executive team, I would like to thank our shareholders for their overwhelming support of the proposed combination ...

No bonus again for Platinum's Clifford

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... compared to the prior period." Earlier this month, Platinum said its long-standing chair Michael Cole would retire from the board, alongside Kerr Neilson who had been working as an analyst on the investment team since ceding executive positions.

Is your CEO smart or just lucky?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
New academic research says chief executives gain more power for strokes of luck, especially if the boards watching them have weak governance. University of North Carolina academic Turk Al-Sabah probed the question in recently published his research ...

Gonski departs ANZ

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
David Gonski has stepped down as the chair of ANZ, with Paul O'Sullivan to succeed him. Gonski is retiring from the board after serving as chair for six and a half years. "It has been an honour to work with my fellow directors and the management team ...