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Former APRA chair joins ASX board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... for her many years of diligent service where she always brought her commercial lend and the shareholder view to the boardroom," Roche said. "The board and I have benefitted from her experience, judgement and counsel."

SIX launches share platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
A former co-founder of Future Super has launched Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX), a share trading platform that combines activism and investing. SIX is co-founded by Adam Verwey, a former co-founder of Future Super, and Sophie Hall, an experienced ...

Gender pay gap a crucial diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... culture of a company, at the diversity at those senior levels," White said. "It's a proxy for diversity outside of the boardroom. How inclusive is it, how well are women recruited into senior roles. That's what a gender pay gap should address. ...

Two top Global X executives exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... establish". Separately, the Global X Semiconductor ETF (SEMI) reduced annual management fees from 0.57% to 0.45%. NVIDIA, Boardroom Inc, TSMC, ASML, and ADV Micro Device are its top five holdings. One-year returns reached 48.1%, while its benchmark delivered ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
The British billionaire owner of Tottenham Hotspur and majority shareholder of Australian Agricultural Co, Joe Lewis, has been criminally charged in New York for orchestrating a "brazen insider trading scheme." Lewis, founder of investment firm Tavistock ...

Technology top threat to company culture: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... Consulting chief executive Sally Dewar said culture continues to top the agenda of policymakers, regulators, and senior boardroom leaders across financial services firms. "But the themes identified by this research can apply equally to companies across ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... retirement outcomes of Australian workers, epitomising the member-first ethos our directors bring when they step into the boardroom. "During a time of significant change and evolution in the super sector, Greg was a trusted, calm and strong chair, charting ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
ASIC will tighten its scrutiny of greenwashing as part of the Labor government's crackdown on protecting investors against investment scams and other misconduct from product issuers. Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers bolstered ASIC enforcement activity ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said that without a sustainable finance taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council ...

Tattarang buys Australia's first Waldorf Astoria

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
Fiveight, the property arm of the Forrests' investment vehicle Tattarang, has acquired the planned high-end Waldorf Astoria hotel at Sydney's Circular Quay precinct. Purchased from Lendlease and its joint venture partner Mitsubishi Estate Asia, the ...