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Equity Trustees adds former family office leader to board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
A former Mutual Trust chief executive is set to join the board of Equity Trustees. Tim Hammon has been appointed as a non-executive director of Equity Trustees, adding 10 years of leadership experience at one of Australia's prominent multi-family offices ...

Blue Sky LIC adds new directors, denied pay rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
Two new board directors have been appointed to oversee the Blue Sky Alternative Access Fund. At the same time, a six-figure aggregate increase to the annual remuneration of non-executive directors was not approved by shareholders. Based on proxy forms ...

SMSF investment platform begins, announces senior hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
The outgoing chief executive at the Australian arm of an $800 billion global asset manager is joining the board of a newly-launched SMSF investment platform in 2019. Joining OpenInvest as a non-executive director in the New Year is current Schroders ...

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... program cost now expected to be $778 million. This is because the nine-year timeframe was rejected by AMP management and its board as unacceptable for customers and the estimated cost was materially attributable to that timeframe, the group said. A decision ...

ANZ lambasted for breach reporting delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... he said, and now the whole area of remediation in the broader gets a high level of visibility all the way through to the board.

Charity donates $10m to university

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... doctorate in 2006 from the university and has served as a chair and director for the Southern Cross University foundation board. The $10 million donation made alongside wife Catherine is the largest personal gift received by the university and also the ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
As the Royal Commission sharpens its focus on accountability and corporate culture, an institutional investor says these two issues will now shape conversations with boards more than ever. SSGA senior managing director Susan Darroch said the significant ...

Super fund offloads harmful holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... report tells us that if we don't act now to keep temperature increases contained future generations will suffer. So the board made the decision to exclude these," Rowe said. Tobacco will also be excluded for the same reason, he said. "We also looked ...

Should banks fund customer litigation?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... Hayne. On the subject of whether NAB should have negotiated with ASIC over the remediation of customers, Henry said NAB's board did not find it acceptable. "I think our habit - and it is a habit - of going to ASIC and seeking to negotiate an outcome ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... fund to which BHP Billiton, NAB, Myer Foundation and Federal and Victorian Governments have donated. The Institute's board controls the endowment, to safeguard its independence, the think tank said. Super fund admin fee could rise If Labor's ...