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ANZ hid reasons for executive pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... broad decisions made - but it will not spell out the names or roles of the erring executives. "We are here to manage the company for the long term. I would hope that it is understood that implicit in our decisions is my decision that they are right executives ...

Equity Trustees adds former family office leader to board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... 130-year-old trustee. Hammon - who currently serves as a director of listed REIT Vicinity Centres - was appointed under the company's "structured approach" to board succession and planning. EQT said this process is integral to its strategy. EQT chairman ...

Blue Sky LIC adds new directors, denied pay rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... director in Michael Cottier. As a result, Cottier has been appointed chair of BAF effective immediately. Further, as a public company must have at least three directors on its board, Kym Evans and John Baillie have been appointed. Evans is a legal risk ...

Rest restructures senior management

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... manager of transformation and technology, Sandra Coleman; chief financial officer, Chris Stevens; and general counsel and company secretary, Paul Howard. Rest confirmed chief operating officer Andrew Howard, who served as interim chief executive prior ...

SMSF investment platform begins, announces senior hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... investors, including self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees, to engage with and select an investment management company to help manage an investment portfolio. The platform will give SMSF trustees and other investors the choice of several managers ...

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... admitted that AMP is currently "urgently sampling" workplace super members prompted by eight breaches identified by the company in October. Senior counsel assisting Michael Hodge asked Wilkins: "Is the risk that AMP faces in relation to this that it ...

Charity donates $10m to university

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Owners of an ASX-listed company donated $10 million to a university with campuses in Coffs Harbor and Queensland to fund research. Marcus Blackmore and wife Catherine of the $2 billion vitamin empire Blackmores made the personal donation to Southern ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... corporate culture is a persistent theme in these conversations. The "root cause of high impact events" that occurs in a company can be traced back to poor corporate culture, she said. "Most directors recognise the importance of corporate culture generally ...

Gender split sees new investment industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... diverse perspectives of a team ensure innovative thinking and well tested, robust ideas," he said. Citing a McKinsey & Company report from January, AVCAL said companies in the top quartile for gender diversity within executive teams were 21% more likely ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... business forward," Fink said. Stork joined BlackRock in 1999 after working as a portfolio manager for a life insurance company. He was the deputy head of BlackRock's EMEA business from 2005 to 2008. After this, he was the global head of BlackRock's ...