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Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
SMSF stock darling Tesla Inc. is set to see a board revamp after Elon Musk settled a tweet-led securities fraud charge with the US corporate regulator. Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Musk with securities fraud over his August ...

AMP, banks respond to RC interim report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... first, not just the customer's wallet." "Now is the time for a wide-ranging conversation on the clarity of the role of the board versus the executive and how organisations are held to account for unethical behaviour," she said. George also called for ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
State Street Global Advisors will vote against the entire slate of board members on a nominating committee if a company does not have at least one woman on its board. SSGA said the enhancement to its board gender diversity voting guidelines would begin ...

Fintech hub snaps up Afterpay co-founder

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen will now sit on the board of a fintech innovation board after a raft of board changes were announced yesterday. Stone & Chalk has revamped its board, appointing seven new directors as it moves from a "start-up" to a ...

WDE board pushes for takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Wealth Defender Equities is urging its shareholders to accept WAM Capital's takeover bid. WDE non-executive directors, comprising Paul Clitheroe, Richard Morath and chair Alan Schoenheimer, said they have carefully considered the offer and recommended ...

Industry fund announces new leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... senior manager, governance and is also a former general manager, operations. NGS Super chair Dick Shearman said the fund's board is delighted with the appointment and praised her leadership over the past seven months. "She graciously took the leadership ...

Diversity a material economic indicator: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... research from AXA Investment Managers' (AXA IM) quantitative platform Rosenberg Equities shows the level of an entity's board diversity can be used to predict its financial outcomes and ability to protect future profits. AXA IM said the research studied ...

ASIC slams unacceptable reporting breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
Major institutions take about five years to identify significant breaches while remediating some customers takes even longer, an ASIC review of breach reporting obligations found. In Report 594 released overnight, the big the institutions took 4.5 years ...

FinTech Australia hunts new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... with head of community and partnership Rebecca Schot-Guppy leading the delivery of FinTech Australia's key events while the board searches for a permanent replacement. A FinTech Australia spokesperson said the policy group was sad to hear Kitschke's ...

MGP board director resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
The co-founder of Linear has resigned from the board of Managed Accounts Holdings. MGP has announced the resignation of Colin Peterson, effective today. He will continue to work closely with the board in a consultative capacity for a 12-month period. ...