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Soul Pattinson pockets Hunter Hall via Pengana merger

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... maintain his firm's ethical investment screen, will represent about $3.1 billion in funds under management and be led by a board comprising former Colonial First State Global Asset Management chief executive Warwick Negus as chair and Eley, Hunter Hall ...

Financial Executive Women appoints board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Financial Executive Women is welcoming two new members to its advisory board to further help the positive progression of women in financial services. Joining the advisory board is AMP chief customer officer Paul Sainsbury and NAB general manager MLC ...

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... 2017. In its 2016 ETF Summary Report, Investment Trends found that while the number of ETF investors had grown across the board, the profile of the average ETF investor was undergoing significant change, with younger investors increasingly embracing ...

Plato launches income-focused LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... outperform, after fees, the benchmark in total return terms including franking credits over three to five years. The LIC's board of directors is largely independent, including independent directors Jonathan Trollip (chairman), Katrina Onishi and Lorraine ...

Fight for workplace equality and diversity far from over

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... argument, because the fact that women are coming out of university in equal numbers means the decision to not have women on your board isn't merit-based because if it were you'd have women there," she argued.

Former BT executive to head advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... BT in December 2016, having spent six years with Westpac Group. Madison chairman Tony Hartley said a determination of the board found "it was time to hand the baton of responsibility for the company's strategic direction from its founding executives ...

Former ING DIRECT chief joins P2P lender

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... services of a former bank chief executive renowned for driving innovation and competition. Joining the RateSetter Australian board as a non-executive director is former ING DIRECT chief executive Vaughn Rictor. Rictor said peer-to-peer lenders like RateSetter ...

Hunter Hall LIC board prepares for April fight

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
The future of Hunter Hall Global Value's current board is in doubt ahead of the April EGM where shareholders will vote on Wilson Asset Management's proposal to replace them. From HHV chair Paul Jensen's perspective, though, WAM's proposal is unlikely ...

SSGA wields power on gender equality

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... market capitalisation. SSGA said in the event a company is too slow to take action and increase the number of women on its board, the firm will use its proxy voting power to influence change, voting against the chair of the board's nominating and/or ...

Women-led super funds outperform, so why so few leaders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... Research by Rainmaker into the relative returns of super funds based on the ratio of women in senior leadership roles - board chairs, chief executives, trustee directors or senior managers - affirms that women-led funds have maintained the edge over ...