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The real cost of a bad chief executive: AICD, ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... penalising behaviour was also found to have an impact on culture, further providing evidence that the tone is set at the top. QBE deputy chair Josh Green (who is also a Challenger director) was quoted in the report, commenting on the importance of selecting ...

LGBTI+ leaders list 2020 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Open Doors Youth Service - a Queensland youth service for LGBTI+ young people and their families. Also making the list was QBE Insurance head of technology Lisa Hilton, who was described as a trailblazer by peers. "Someone once said to me, 'if you ...

Court rules insurers to cover COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... grounds on which it could seek special leave to appeal against the decision to the High Court of Australia," the council said. QBE responded to the ruling in a release to the ASX. It estimated the next cost of any business interruption claims in Australia ...

Aussie asset managers fourth-fastest in global growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... was at 294. Six Australian managers were in the 300-400 largest including Tactical Global Management, Vinva, Charter Hall, QBE, Dexus, Platinum, Perpetual and GPT Group. Morrison, Navigator, Paradice, Maple-Brown Abbott and Cooper Investors were in the ...

Consortium eyes Link Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... Review Board, due diligence and securing debt financing. Link chief executive John McMurtrie is due to retire early 2021. QBE executive Vivek Bhatia will take over the top job. A recent AFR article alleges Bhatia fudged his resume, claiming to have worked ...

UBS appoints new sector heads for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... Credit Suisse for the last 10 years, covering diversified financials. Prior to this, he spent a decade working for insurers QBE and Swiss Reinsurance. He is also an associate of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. "Together with Shreyas Patel, this ...

QBE chief exits after workplace complaint

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
The group chief executive of QBE Insurance Group has left the business after almost three years in the role, following a complaint from a female employee just 10 days ago. A spokesperson for QBE confirmed with Financial Standard that the complaint against ...

MLC Wealth hires risk chief from QIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
MLC Wealth has hired QIC's long-standing chief risk officer in a similar role. David Clarke will join MLC Wealth in October as chief risk officer. Clarke joined QIC in 2007 and has led the risk function for the past seven years. Prior to this, he ...

Link Group hires new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... announces his retirement in early 2021. Vivek Bhatia is currently the Asia Pacific chief executive of $14.8 billion market cap QBE Insurance Group, after being appointed in 2018. He was also the inaugural chief executive of New South Wales government's ...

Capital raisings top $27bn, dividends down $10bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... which was institutional investors and $1.2 billion from retail. Also topping the list was Ramsay healthcare at $1.5 billion, QBE Insurance at $1.3 billion and Lend Lease at $1.2 billion. By sector financials led the way again, accounting for over $6 ...