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New ASX governance principles target culture

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... objectives; Have a minimum 30% gender diversity target for ASX300 companies; Periodically evaluate the performance of the board, committees and directors; Have written agreement with each director and senior executive setting out the terms of their appointment ...

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Australia's fintech industry is catching the interest of international investors and raked in US$600 million of funding last year, according to KPMG analysis. KPMG's 2018 Pulse of Fintech report showed Australian-based Avoka and its sale to ...

Industry fund welcomes new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... the new chair of LUCRF Super. Former chair Tim Kennedy has stepped into the role of deputy chair. Di Leo joined the fund's board of directors in March 2018 as an employer representative. He is a former managing director of Allied Mills Australia and ...

Chief economist update: The RBI surprises (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... keeping interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 6.5%, reverse repo rate at 6.25% - at the conclusion of that month's board meeting. At the time, Bloomberg's poll of forecasters (ahead of October 2018) showed nine out of 49 respondents predicted ...

Australia ahead in gender diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... it a standout from other countries. And financial services led the way. Women accounted for 32.4% of superannuation fund board seats at the end of June 2018, a 9.2% increase in the last four years. Comparatively, women represented 29.7% of directors ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... for less than 2 per cent of financial institutions' chief executive officers and less than 20 per cent of executive board members.

Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... of an attack on the SMSF sector, but rather a portion of a suite of changes it was proposing across the wealth management board, including changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts, and reforms to family trusts. SMSFA chair Deborah ...

Arming human traders for big-ticket trades

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... more like $2 million, Weidenhofer said. According to Doris, almost each of the world's 500 largest asset managers is on board with the technology. Doris says traditionally asset managers have tried to build their own data analytics tools in-house. This ...

Platinum LIC posts $29m in losses

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... dividend of 3 cents per share and an additional special dividend of 3 cents per share - both fully franked at 30%. "The board is distributing additional franking credits ahead of a potential change in future government policy, which may result in the ...

New TPB chair welcomed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
The Federal Government has named the new chair of the Tax Practitioners Board. Ian Klug is set to take over as chair of the TPB, replacing Ian Taylor who has served in the role for six years. Klug was a partner at Pitcher Partners for 18 years to 2008 ...