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BlackRock regional stewardship lead retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... thanked Bennett for her service and wished her well in the years to come. "Pru holds more than 20 years' experience in corporate governance and is well regarded as a go to person for companies, clients, regulators and others interested in governance ...

State Street announces fixed income appointment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... month. In a 15-year long career at State Street, Kidman has been responsible for managing the lending of government and corporate fixed income to repo and financing markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). State Street's securities finance ...

Private debt attractive for instos: Sahota

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... loans, and the mezzanine tranches of Australian and NZ asset backed securities (ABS). For now, the fund is leaving out corporate debt, which it sees dominated by the banks, and infrastructure debt. Australia's historically bank-led private debt market ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... that comes a responsibility for management teams, shareholders, auditors and other market participants to promote good corporate governance and to hold companies, executives and directors accountable for untruthful disclosures. We will not hold back ...

AET appoints new head of corporate trust

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
IOOF subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees has promoted internally, appointing a senior manager to head up its corporate trust division. Yvonne Kelaher will take the reins as the head of corporate trust at the IOOF subsidiary from next week, having ...

Westpac names customer relations executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Westpac appointed a new group executive, customer and corporate relations and admitted it has been too slow to resolve customer issues. Carolyn McCann was previously Westpac's general manager, corporate affairs and sustainability. Prior to that ...

ASIC cancels Melbourne firm's AFSL

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... licence of a Melbourne-based advice firm, which was among a trio of companies that copped a $7.2 million fine from the corporate regulator in February. ASIC took Wealth & Risk Management Pty Ltd (WRM) to the Federal Court which found that WRM breached ...

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... of investment content Roger Urwin recently saying the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability and stewardship from the viewpoint that it's a long-term licence to operate. The Australian Asset Owner ...

Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... investors, in particular superannuation funds, making significant and systematic contributions to rebuilding Australia's corporate reputation and credibility. In 2017, 10 of the 13 companies ACSI targeted on gender diversity appointed their first woman ...

Better than bonds: A new approach to lifecycle investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... dominate the segments with a 67% share. Even though the assets are mostly in retail funds, the interest from industry and corporate funds is growing, according to Parametric. However, defensive equity portfolios are new everywhere in the world, according ...