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Standard Life Aberdeen chair steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... stepping down from his position as chair of the Standard Life Aberdeen board. Martin Gilbert advised he will not seek re-election at the company's annual general meeting in May next year and agreed with the board he will retire at the end of September ...

Qantas Super adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... August after 15 years' service. Greaves, an aircraft maintenance engineer based in Brisbane, said he chose to stand for election as the "roles, responsibilities, and obligations of a member-elected director are crucial in helping align the objectives ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... regtech could demystify the regulatory process of all three layers of Australian government. After May's Federal election, the government named Senator Jane Hume as its first minister for financial technology. ASIC is supporting development of regtech ...

Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... I think it's great. Maybe we'll have to give that a shot someday." What more, now that Trump's facing re-election for a second term at the same time predictions that a US recession is coming are multiplying. If only Trump had the "dictatorial" ...

Plato to raise $200 million

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... given current 1% RBA cash rates and 10-year Commonwealth Government Bonds trading at a yield below 1%. "Given the recent election result, retirees can continue to bank on receiving franking credits from Australian share investments and should consider ...

Future Fund voted down Pinnacle equity grants

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... Macoun and two executive directors, a summary of its proxy voting for FY19 shows. Future Fund was happy to support re-election of executive director Andrew Chambers but voted against an equity grant proposal for Chambers and fellow executive director ...

Jane Hume to address AFA Conference

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... was appointed Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology after the 2019 Federal election. In her first industry address since inheriting the superannuation portfolio, Hume reinforced the Federal Government's ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... decision to delay the legislated increase by two years in 2013 was put to the electorate prior to that year's Federal election. "The Australian people endorsed our plan and we acted consistently with the plan we took to the 2013 election," Cormann ...

Keybridge shareholder threatens board spill

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... "effectively deadlocked" on key decisions, and is asking all directors to voluntarily resign and put themselves up for re-election by shareholders. Bentley Capital owns about 20% of Keybridge Capital Limited and has two seats on its board, which are ...

Super body opposes member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
The Government's move to reintroduce its member interests superannuation reforms continues to rile pockets of the super sector. The national advocacy group for women employed in superannuation and financial services, Women in Super (WIS), has condemned ...