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Frontier veteran joins Perpetual

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
Fresh on the heels of her departure from Frontier Advisors, Fiona Trafford-Walker has joined the board of an ASX-listed financial services company. Trafford-Walker has joined the board of Perpetual as a non-executive director. It comes after her departure ...

Why joint effort is required in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... Council, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, the Tax Practitioners Board and ASIC were also in attendance. "As a wider profession we're acutely aware of trying to be more aligned and collaborate," ...

Regulators circle as scandal engulfs Westpac

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... executives. "There are various people designated by Westpac under the act as accountable persons - that broadly includes the board of directors, individually, the chief executive and by and large the next layer of group executives," Byres said. The prudential ...

Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... to the RBA's view that the global economic risks have recently eased - well, they have until the day of the RBA's Board meeting - the risks have escalated anew. Some say that it is Trump's ploy to get whichever country is on the other side ...

Boomers show healthy ESG appetite

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... the environmental and social impacts of their investments. Harrison argues that ESG discussions should be taken from the board room to consumers so that they can better understand the responsible role their superannuation can play. "We believe asset ...

HUB24 announces new board appointment

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Investment and superannuation platform HUB24 has appointed its first female board director. Ruth Stringer will join the HUB24 board from February 2020, using her legal expertise to assist the company's audit, risk and compliance committee. Prior to ...

Life insurers lost $3.4b over five years: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... response." With at least one major reinsurer indicating it was no longer prepared to reinsure individual DII, APRA executive board member Geoff Summerhayes said there is now a genuine risk insurers may start withdrawing from the market. "Disability income ...

Industry fund for coal miners on ESG journey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... figures who have built reputations on ethical investing to defend Mine Super's position. Ethinvest general manager and board member for the Ethical Advisers' Co-op Fiona Thomas was also on the panel with Russell Investments portfolio manager ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... animal cruelty, alcohol, pornography and human rights violations. The fund will also exclude companies that show a lack of board-level gender diversity and those that are involved in uranium and nuclear energy, chemical of concern or the destruction ...

FASEA chief to provide update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... chief executive Stephen Glenfield will speak as part of a regulatory update, with Julie Berry from the Tax Practitioners Board, ASIC's Kate Metz ASIC and FPA chief executive Dante De Gori also appearing. Glenfield was a late addition to the regulatory ...