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IPA appoints new president

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
The Institute of Public Accountants has elected a new president. The IPA's board chose Damien Moore, currently a director, and a senior tax manager at Schulz Hobbs. He is also a director of the Institute of Financial Accountants, and has previously ...

WAM proposes LIC takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... as fund manager, and all shareholders can exit Century under a buyback offer at net tangible assets less costs. Century's board has approved the proposal, and an extraordinary general meeting will be convened to vote on it. The board previously vetoed ...

Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... Superannuation Opportunity conference in Canberra yesterday, Bowen slammed Kelly O'Dwyer's comments about super funds having the same board structure as banks and insurance companies. "That strikes me as a particularly ill contribution to the debate. ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... this culture and the buy-in from the directors and people with skin in the game. It's these good cultures we've built in board rooms over many years that count and driven their performance and success. It's not some arbitrary formula telling us we need ...

Investors driving impact demand

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... fund will invest in companies that are not simply box tickers when it comes to gender diversity but those that have diverse board representation, have a strong pipeline for women to reach senior management positions and will also take a qualitative review ...

New director for MyState

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
MyState has appointed a new non-executive director, effective 1 December 2016. Sibylle Krieger joins the MyState board, bringing with her 35 years' of experience in law and economic regulation. Krieger also currently serves as a non-executive director ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Australia CB leading indicator The Conference Board leading economic index for Australia advanced by 0.5% to a reading of 104.5 in September from 104.0 in the previous month. This is the highest reading since April last year and takes the year-on-year ...

Key board appointment for Sequoia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Sequoia Financial Group has bolstered its board with a new non-executive director. Sequoia has appointed Garry Crole, managing director of independently owned AFSL, Interprac Financial Planning. Crole will also join Sequoia's governance committee, risk ...

JPMorgan Chase to pay bribery fines

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... Practices Act (FCPA). JPMorgan is also expected to pay US$72m to the Justice Department and US$61.9m to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors totalling more than US$264m in sanctions as a result of the firm's referral hiring practices. According to ...

Super 2.0 must deliver retirement certainty: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... government has agreed to refer the matter to a Senate committee enquiry in the hopes of achieving greater consensus across the board. "We should attempt to reach broad political consensus before an objective is legislated," Gallagher said. "I don't know ...