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Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... management business as it posts 1H19 net profits of $1.3 billion. Former RBA board member Jillian Broadbent AO is joining the boards of Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank as an independent non-executive director, effective November 5. She has previously ...

Nikko appoints AIST director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Nikko Asset Management has appointed an AIST and Tasplan Super director to its boards. Naomi Edwards is a trained actuary and will serve as a non-executive on the boards of Nikko Asset Management Australia Limited and Nikko AM Limited, also chairing ...

Cybersecurity fit for a $16bn insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... approach where awareness for the threats permeates right from the top. "This top down view of cycbersecurity can enable our boards to behave the way our regulators want them to do," Squires said. Apart from striking a common language with the board ...

Governance specialist names new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Motto as its new chief executive from January 2019. She is the former chief executive of Consult Australia and is on the boards of Standards Australia and the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). Governance Institute president Warren ...

Challenger expands distribution reach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... Challenger. West was appointed as an independent non-executive director to both the Challenger and Challenger Life Company boards. He previously served as chief executive of Vero Insurance and CGU Insurance, and is currently on the board of Genworth ...

Former AustralianSuper risk boss joins AMP super boards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
A former head of risk management at AustralianSuper has joined the boards responsible for the governance of AMP's superannuation funds. Tony Brain will link with AMP to help govern its suite of superannuation funds, adding more than 30 years of experience ...

Quant manager seeks to unscramble cryptocurrency dictionary

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... attempting to identify tradeable signals in cryptocurrencies based on public communication from places such as online discussion boards and the news media among other sources. A post-doctoral research appointment in the machine learning division at Oxford-Man ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... of Investment Companies (AIC), directors from JPMorgan, Allianz and Janus Henderson investment trusts shared how their boards get a better deal for shareholders. The first point of consensus was on fees. Over a third of investment companies have cut ...

Former super fund chief joins QIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... of BTFG Superannuation as a director. In February 2016, she was appointed as a director of the Westpac BT Superannuation boards and serves on the investment committee, and the board audit, risk and compliance committee. She is a director of the Sydney ...

SSGA strengthens gender equality actions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... diversity and join us in our call to action," Kumar said. "We commend the companies that have already placed women on their boards in response to our outreach, and the others that have committed to doing so." The firm added that it voted against 512 ...