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Proxy advisers under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Proposed new legislation will see proxy advisers forced to be much more transparent on how and why they vote on matters put to shareholders. The government is proposing to reform proxy voting by requiring superannuation funds to disclose more detailed ...

Retail super offerings in successor fund transfer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The successor fund transfer of another OneVue-administered retail super offering and all its sub-plans is set to commence later this month. Following on from its decision to transfer LESF Super to Smartsave earlier this year, OneVue's Diversa is pushing ...

CFS Investments chair to retire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The chair of Commonwealth Bank's Colonial First State Investments and Avanteos Investments will retire at the end of year. Anne Ward will finish up her eight-year term as non-executive director and chair at the end of December 2020. The group is ...

Netwealth takes stake in Aussie fintech

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
Wealth management company Netwealth has announced its investment and partnership with data solutions fintech Xeppo. Netwealth purchased a 25% stake in Xeppo with the option to increase its holding to 50% in the future but noted the investment is not ...

Former IFM executive joins KKR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
A former director of IFM Investors has joined KKR as head of client partner group for the local region. Nicholas Hyde is responsible for managing and expanding KKR's client relationships in Australia and New Zealand, raising capital for public markets ...

Adviser jailed over $2m Ponzi scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
A former financial adviser and licensee director has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment for misappropriating close to $2 million for his own use. Graeme Walter Miller of Myocum, New South Wales was sentenced on July 31 after pleading guilty to ...

Count Financial adds tech integrations

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Count Financial has launched a series of back-end tech integrations to improve adviser efficiencies and deliver better experiences for clients. The new integrations have helped save the licensee thousands of man-hours. Countplus chief executive and ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
"Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin' Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'..." - Dolly Parton The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the growth of wages among the country's workers ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
"Getting small businesses back on their feet is critical. We want to ensure the right support is in place for small businesses as they get past the initial recovery phase of this unprecedented bushfire crisis..." These were Australian Prime Minister ...

NAB hires to improve governance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
The National Australia Bank has appointed a new non-executive director with an extensive history in banking, risk management and governance. Simon McKeon will step into his new role effective 3 February 2020, after gaining regulatory approval, while ...