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Custodial excellence recognised

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... global services Daniel Cheever, with Knights recognising his 21 years of service to the sector. Cheever sat on the ACSA board from 2013 to 2018 as deputy chair, and worked as the sponsor of the regulator working group throughout the "challenging introduction" ...

New board member at EQT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
A high profile financial adviser has joined EQT Holdings, appointed as a non-executive director to its board. Catherine Robson, who founded Affinity Private, has joined the EQT board. Robson began her career at Macquarie and founded boutique wealth ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
After admitting its own gender pay gap has grown in the last 12 months, Future Super has ranked the S&P/ASX 100 from best to worst when it comes to gender equality in the workplace. The Gender Equality Report also recommended changes the Aussie businesses ...

ISA demands pull Combet from ME Bank

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Former politician Greg Combet has retired from the board of ME Bank, as his commitments to industry super heat up. Combet is departing the industry fund-owned bank after five years on the board, which commenced in November 2014. The former Labor minister ...

Super fund admits its gender pay gap increased

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... signatures the pronouns which they prefer to be referred to be. In 2019, Futute Super had 33% female representation on its board - it is aiming for 40% in 2020. As for the senior management team, it is made up of three women (43%) and four men (57%). ...

Calls for disability insurance reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... companies collectively lost around $3.4 billion over the past five years through the sale of DII to individuals. APRA executive board member Geoff Summerhayes, at the time, said life companies had kept premiums at unsustainably low levels and policy ...

IFM Investors hires from Mercer

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
IFM Investors have hired a former Mercer principal to help lead the firm's risk and compliance operations. Amanda Oliver commenced her role as Australian director of risk and compliance at IFM Investors on 3 February 2020. The role was previously held ...

Old boys, girls clubs dominate boards

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
A third of Australia's board members are dissatisfied with their roles, blaming a lack of transparency, professional and peer support for their frustrations. The new research, commissioned by advocacy and director placement group Women on Boards (WOB) ...

AustralianSuper adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
AustralianSuper has appointed a new board director from the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. The nation's largest superannuation fund has welcomed Glenn Thompson to its board. He replaces Paul Bastian who joined the board in 2013. Thompson ...

Separate advice and product: AIOFP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals wants product failures and financial losses from those failures factored into the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort. The AIOFP said it agrees with the "general thrust" of the Compensation ...