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Boutique launches sustainable Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... significant asset owner in Australia, Martin Currie can and do use our position to actively engage with company management and boards to influence positive change towards sustainability." "Each year, the investment team conduct over 1000 meetings with ...

Compliance crackdown, consultations on horizon: ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... Lewis said. It is also looking to update guidance on spread requirements and extend the bar on financial advisers being on boards of entities undertaking an IPO or a backdoor listing. Over the next year the ASX will also update guidance on recaps; to ...

Darwinian time for super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... funds. "So I think we are likely to see increased merger activity across the landscape, and I think that will challenge boards and management to think about not only the viability of their funds, but also the long-term benefits and value that they provide ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... been flagged in the past but never eventuated. "The reason for that, in my view, has often been about the merging of the boards. There's been a lot of politics around mergers that has sometimes gotten in the way and I think that's been quite ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... handsomely rewarded. A new report released by Apollo Communications reveals the top 10 highest remuneration-to-market-cap ratio boards among Australia's largest companies include the likes of AMP, Link Group and Challenger. The firm's inaugural ...

Big banks cop a beating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... ensure they maintain the confidence and capacity to continue to lend and support their customers. "APRA also expects that boards will appropriately limit executive cash bonuses, mindful of the current challenging environment," the letter said. APRA said ...

Industry fund appoints union leader

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... recommendation between MTAA chief executive Leeanne Turner and Tasplan chief executive Wayne Davy to the chairs of both boards. They said sustained market volatility and concerns about supplies of specialist services were key factors behind the extension. ...

Super funds must prioritise liquidity: Regulators

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... regulators said they understood that in some cases, trustees will be forced to make difficult decisions, but said trustee boards and chief executives need to display strong leadership. "APRA and ASIC are available to provide guidance and assistance on ...

Hume calls for diversity in super fund mergers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... arguments of trustees that the current circumstances were unforeseeable, and added she would be interested to discover how many boards and risk committees ran scenario planning for a pandemic. "The GFC was not so long ago - did our collective failure ...

Super fund merger delayed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... recommendation between MTAA chief executive Leeanne Turner and Tasplan chief executive Wayne Davy to the chairs of both boards. They said sustained market volatility and concerns about supplies of specialist services were key factors behind the extension. ...