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Insurance in super must be maintained: AIA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... time and; improving member communications around insurance. Chaired by Jim Minto, the ISWG is comprised of a governance board and a technical working group made up of ASFA, the FSC, Industry Super Australia, AIST and IFF, and also representatives from ...

Charter Hall director resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... director resigned shortly after chief financial officer Paul Altschwager's departure. Peter Kahan joined the Charter Hall board in 2009 and became a member of the group's remuneration and human resources committee, the nominations committee, the investment ...

Top 10 superannuation stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... preparing for future challenges among a growing asset pool likely to reach $50 billion in the next three to five years. Cbus' board recently approved the new investment strategy, something which executive Kristian Fok and his team have been planning ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... bond purchases at an annual pace of ¥80 trillion. The BOJ also left other asset purchase parameters unchanged: "The Policy Board also decided by a 7-2 vote to purchase exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Japan real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) so ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
For the first time in its 10-year history, the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment is publishing several ESG recommendations specifically targeted at Australian fiduciaries. The document, Fiduciary Duty in the 21st Century ...

Financial services exposed to high cyber risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... reputational risk." The research also found that a quarter of respondents had not currently planned to report cyber risk to the board or executive team. "Despite 51.6% of respondents in this sector currently reporting these risks to the board, it's quite ...

GBST appoints new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
GBST will welcome a new non-executive director to its board. The global technology firm has appointed Tam Vu as an independent non-executive director, effective 1 January 2017. Vu is considered a leader in technology change, innovation and entrepreneurship ...

Centrepoint sells funding business for $20m

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... companies in Australia. Some of the funds [from the sale] will be deployed to accelerate new organic growth initiatives and the board will also explore capital initiatives." Following the completion of the sale on January 1, Centrepoint Premium Funding ...

NAB farewells two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Two directors who served on NAB's board since 2004 retired on Friday. Daniel Gilbert and Jillian Segal retired following the bank's annual general meeting; NAB chair Ken Henry thanked them for their "outstanding service" over the past 12 years. Gilbert ...

ANZ director retires after nine years

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
An ANZ director retired following the bank's annual general meeting having served on the board for nine years. Former RBA governor and distinguished economist Ian Macfarlane became an ANZ director in 2007; at the time, he also became a director at Woolworths. ...