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Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Retired Governor General Peter Cosgrove has offered some words of advice to corporate Australia on the role of boards and leaders. Cosgrove delivered a speech on leadership strategies through good times and bad, drawing on his military experience, at ...

AFCA welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... ombudsman service into the future," Coonan said. Coonan is the authority's inaugural chair, appointed in April 2018 with the task of overseeing the merger of the Financial Ombudsman Service, Credit and Investment Ombudsman, and Superannuation Complaints ...

What instos want from managers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... 2021, they firmly expect to see links between climate change and financial risks and opportunities identified by boards. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures was a priority for 75% of investors surveyed. They either expect companies ...

Evergreen partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... "Given the lack of a consistent framework for responsible investing and limited access to accurate data, Evergreen took on the task of developing its own index and has used it as the basis for the model," Evergreen chief executive Angela Ashton said. ...

Midwinter hires chief commercial officer from AMP

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Bravura Solutions' advice technology division has hired a new chief commercial officer from AMP and announced that its chief operating officer has exited. Steve Davison joins Midwinter as chief commercial officer, finishing up at AMP after almost ...

Former AMP Capital managing director joins Ignition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
AMP Capital's managing director for Asia Pacific who left the firm late last year has joined Ignition Advice as its chief executive for Asia. The digital advice firm has tasked Craig Keary with growth in Asia, including China, Japan, Singapore and South ...

APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... guide outlines better practice for identifying, managing and disclosing financial risks of climate change in line with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). APRA states that it is prudent practice for boards of regulated entities ...

Senate report on YFYS reforms delayed

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
The senate economic committee's report on Your Future, Your Super reforms has been delayed by a week, as superannuation funds await specifics ahead of the proposed July 1 start date. The senate economics legislation committee, chaired by Liberal senator ...

Delay breach reporting law: AFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers wants to defer the proposed self-reporting of breaches regime amid concerns it will be impossible for small financial advice firms to comply with. The AFA outlined its concerns about Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's ...

Oaktree hires from Challenger

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
A senior institutional business development manager from Challenger has moved to Oaktree as the latter's managing director of marketing for Australia and New Zealand. Brett Penprase will be based in Sydney, and focus on business development and ...