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Tobacco company launches life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
A major tobacco company is eyeing the life insurance industry by launching products that offer discounts for customers that quit smoking or switch to alternatives. Philip Morris International, the manufacturer of Marlboro cigarettes, will launch life ...

Blue Sky adds executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has appointed a new chief financial officer. Justine Henwood joins the company from TriCare Aged Care, where she was also chief financial officer. She replaces Elizabeth Walker, who departed Blue Sky for personal reasons ...

VGI Partners' dual pitch to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The Sydney hedge fund manager is raising $300 million for an existing listed investment company and $75 million to list its wider business. VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (ASX: VG1) completed a $98 million placement to sophisticated investors ...

How to be a board director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... male counterparts. The report surveyed men and women who were appointed to their first board position with an ASX 200 company in 2018, as well as the chairs who appointed them and some consultants who work with boards.

EQT names local head of fund services

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... services. Prior to EQT, Melbourne-based Beasley worked at MLC Investment Management. He was recently on secondment as the company-wide chief risk officer and led the project for listing of a major listed investment trust structure on the ASX. Executive ...

CBA remediation bill crosses $2bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... to its remediation bill, pushing its total to date over $2.17 billion. The third quarter addition was flagged by CBA in company filings this morning. So far, CBA has spent or provisioned $534 million on remediating advice clients, $459 million on refunding ...

Industry fund fined over independent advice claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... AFSL; Hostplus paid service fees to IFS for adviser services; and Hostplus was a shareholder of IFS's ultimate holding company for a relevant time period. In response to ASIC's concerns, Hostplus immediately ceased using the word "independent" in ...

Super fund divests companies with all-male boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
A growing superannuation fund has become the first to divest from every company in its portfolio that has an all-male board. Future Super has sold out of all companies that do not include a single woman on their board, saying they are not only failing ...

ASFA chief joins Irish software provider

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... previously chief financial officer at Genworth Australia and has worked with PwC and IAG. The appointments come as the company plans to scale rapidly, with plans for significant growth in the Asia Pacific region. FINEOS chair Peter le Beau said: "We ...

TAL restructures retail arm, announces job cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... announced this afternoon. "TAL will be working with and supporting all employees throughout the consultation process," the company said. It did not disclose how many employees will be affected. "We are currently running an internal consultation process ...