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Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
The coronavirus pandemic hit women's job security and productivity the hardest, taking a significant toll on their mental health compared to men, new research shows. Two in three women tended to suffer from mental health issues compared to half ...

First Super adds to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
First Super has announced a new director and associate director commencing their terms on 1 January 2021. Anthony Pavey will join the board as a member representative director. Pavey has worked for Australian paper since 2002 and is currently the on-site ...

BOQ acquires ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
Bank of Queensland has acquired industry super-owned ME Bank for $1.325 billion. The move sees BOQ acquire 100% of ME Bank for $1.325 billion cash, funded by an underwritten capital raising of $1.35 billion. The price represents 1.15 times ME's ...

AFCA chair under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The woes of Crown Resorts seem far from over, and now scrutiny has turned to executive chair Helen Coonan - with some suggesting she should resign from AFCA before her term as chair ends in May. Today Crown announced that Coonan will be paid an extra ...

MMC acquires super fund administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
A boutique superannuation administrator has been acquired by Kiwi firm MMC in a move to expand its presence in Australia. MMC is now the owner of Brisbane-based IFAA Group after it first bought a stake in March 2020 of nearly 50%. The total consideration ...

The trouble with best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
The best financial interests duty reform has major loopholes and lacks guidance from regulators, leading to major confusion for superannuation trustees. The fourth element of the proposed Your Future, Your Super reforms should be abandoned, according ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards." - Shane Patton Did current US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (under Biden's administration) just call former US Secretary Lawrence Summers (under Clinton's) a coward? I refer of ...

AMP Bank boss exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
The managing director of AMP Bank has left after a little over one year in the role. Rod Finch, who was appointed to the post in November 2019 shortly after AMP chief Francesco De Ferrari stepped in, has accepted a role as transformation director at ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Joggin' Joe hits the ground running. Not soon after he was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America, Joe Biden rolled up his sleeves and went to work. Hours after his inauguration, Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums ...

Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
The investment management firm has appointed a former government secretary as a non-executive director. Heather Smith has 20 years' experience in the Australian public service sector and was previously secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation ...