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Female ASX 200 chiefs fall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The number of female chief executives in the ASX 200 has fallen over the last two years to just 10, with a not-for-profit organisation urging that "we can, and must, do better". The Chief Executive Women ASX 200 Senior Executive Census is now in its ...

Super fund gets ahead of CIPR obscurity

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... with a nest egg of up to $300,000. The account-based pension was recognised as a product of innovation by the Australian Business Awards. Drew told the recent AIST's superannuation investment conference that the product continues to evolve - despite ...

Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... bunched across industries outside of the mining sector". Outright not good though is the latest reading on Australian business conditions - the index fell back to a reading of -6 from 0 in July, driven by declines in employment (-11 points), profitability ...

Milestone Group appoints APAC lead

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... commitment to innovation is ideally suited to our agenda, making it an exciting time to lead our APAC and Australian business as we begin this chapter of sharing international capabilities and solutions with the market for the benefit of our clients ...

JobKeeper extension passed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
The government's JobKeeper extension has been passed through parliament, prolonging the payments through till March 2021 and tapering the amount from December 2020. A new split system will replace the flat $1500 fortnightly payment with those who work ...

Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... ordered by the High Court of Ireland. A spokesperson for WTW could not comment on what the merger means for the Australian business. Under the terms of the deal, Aon shareholders would own 63% of the combined company, while WTW shareholders would own ...

Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
The long-run rise in household indebtedness has increased concerns about the risks this poses globally to banking sectors and economies more broadly, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In a new paper titled How Risky is Australian Household ...

Raiz shuffles leadership team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... chief executive of Raiz Invest Australia. Raiz chair Tony Fay said the restructure is designed to grow the Australian business and ensure the company is well placed to capitalise on emerging opportunities in Southeast Asia. "As part of the changes, George ...

Westpac offloads vendor finance business

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
Westpac has sold its vendor finance business to a New York-headquartered private equity firm, in the first sale from the bank's strategic review stable. Cerberus Capital Management has acquired Westpac's Strategic Alliances, with the equipment ...

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... pressures it aims to offer "equity agility" as its core feature. Chris Briant, head of the Eaton Vance affiliate's Australian business, said pressure is coming from a raft of increasingly vocal super stakeholders including members, politicians and regulators ...