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WAM LIC appoints director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... investment company appointed a director to replace John Abernethy. Emma Rugge-Price will fill John Abernethy's spot on the board of WAM Active as a director; a position he held for 11 years. Abernethy joined listed investment company Watermark Global ...

Acadian talks big data 2.0, launches A-shares strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... given equal weight, Metha said. New and better data combined with organisations such as the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Principles for Responsible Investment have helped capture new risks and identify materiality approaches ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... W-index is a weighted ratio that describes the proportion of each fund's senior leadership roles that are held by women - board chairs, chief executives, trustee directors or senior managers. The study analysed not-for-profit super funds because these ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
"You may have noticed that at yesterday's meeting, the Reserve Bank Board left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%, where it has been since August 2016." This is what RBA Governor Philip Lowe told his audience at the Australian Financial Review Business ...

Decimal appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... Statewide Super. It also announced it recently signed a pilot contract with a major diversified bank. "On behalf of the board and the whole Decimal team we thank Nic for his contribution in the past few years which has seen the company continue to build ...

Xero appoints former Microsoft Australia chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... company with an extremely important purpose and significant opportunities. I look forward to continuing to work with Rod, the board, the entire Xero team, our partners and customers, to deliver on the potential of Xero's global platform," Vamos said. ...

Private equity firm sells Bravura stake

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... underwritten block trade. Ironbridge joint chief executive and founding partner Neil Broekhuizen will, however, remain on Bravura's board as a non-executive director. In a letter to Bravura released to the ASX, Ironbridge chief operating officer Paul ...

Equipsuper appoints head of risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... report to executive officer of governance and risk Natalie Alford, responsible for risk reporting to the chief executive, the board, and the audit, risk and compliance committee. She will also support the on-going development of Equip's risk management ...

Link signs two industry funds, eyes UK pension admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... "ex-growth" in Australia. "Member numbers increased by 1.8% for our top five [super] clients and just under 1% across the board," McMurtrie said. "Smaller funds are experiencing some diminution of members and maybe in part to demographics. But big brands ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... challenge for the company, with material ramifications for shareholders." The TCFD was established by the Financial Stability Board, chaired by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, in order to address systemic financial risk posed by climate change. ...