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Gender diversity drives Australia's mid-market companies

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... a 9% increase in revenue in 2016, compared to the group-wide average of 0.5%. Furthermore, companies with women on their board achieved higher revenue growth, profitability and shareholder returns in 2016. Of the companies listed on the ASX 300+, 21 ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
It'll be interesting to be a fly on the wall of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) boardroom today when Governor Philip Lowe and his team deliberate on what to do with the country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the Australian ...

Former CFS executive joins Class board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Class welcomed a well-known wealth management executive to its board. Effective 1 April 2017, Nicolette Rubinsztein joined the software provider's board as an independent non-executive director. Most recently general manager, retirement at Colonial ...

VFMC appoints new CIO, COO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... her new role at that time. Gray acknowledged Elliott for taking on the additional responsibilities in the interim. "The board and management team have enjoyed working with Andrew in this broader capacity and thank him for his leadership during the transition," ...

AMP reshapes advice businesses, appoints MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
AMP is welcoming a new advice leadership team following the decision to bring multiple advice businesses under one roof. Following the restructure, AMP Financial Planning, AMP Advice, AMP Horizons and AMP Direct will be integrated under a new managing ...

Deadline looming for adviser tax registration

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Advisers are urged to register with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) or else risk operating illegally, warns a member. TPB director and financial planner Julie Berry told industry colleagues at a recent conference that if they have not yet registered ...

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... must be partying like it's the year 2000 for they have not been this optimistic since December of that year. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index surged to a reading of 125.6 in March from 116.1 in the previous month (itself, revised up from ...

Contango founder ousted in leadership battle

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... Neil Ferres and Contango Asset Management founder David Stevens were unseated during the EGM, while Glenn Fowles left the board earlier, causing the resolution for his removal to be withdrawn. On the departures, the Contango MicroCap board said: "The ...

Super trustees need better vigilance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... the 2017 Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF), Rowell said while expenditures such as undertaking excessive travel, full board attendance at overseas meetings, and having spouses tag along are seemingly small, collectively they have a big impact over ...

First Super appoints director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
The First Super board now comprises five female members following the addition of a new director. Janet Gilbert, a legal and industrial relations lawyer with the Timber Trade Industrial Association, joins the industry fund's board as an employer representative. ...