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Super fund boss remuneration on the agenda

KARREN VERGARA, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... found. Hostplus chief executive David Elia appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics yesterday, answering questions about the impact the global pandemic is having on executive pay. Chair Tim Wilson pointed out AustralianSuper ...

AMP swears it will change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... to transforming its culture and building a "respectful and inclusive" workplace in the wake of a spate of scandals. Yesterday AMP announced a comprehensive workplace conduct review would be conducted by Symmetra - a consultancy that specialises in inclusion ...

360 Capital succeeds in LIC raid

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... of a credit LIC it tried to take over voted in its favour. Unitholders of the Australian Enhanced Income Fund (AYF) yesterday afternoon approved 360's attempt to replace current responsible entity, Elstree Investment Management, with 360 Capital ...

First State Super makes first take-private bid

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... shareholders $5.19 per share, as well as a fully franked dividend of 10 cents per share. However, OptiComm announced yesterday it had received a competing offer from First State Super. First State offered shareholders $5.85 per share, and also said it ...

WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... Blue Sky have voted in favour of joining the Wilson Asset Management stable at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday afternoon. The investment company's name will be changed to WAM Alternative Assets early next week, listed as WMA on the ASX. ...

Future Fund risk aversion not at historic levels

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
The sovereign wealth fund yesterday warned about investing cautiously in a COVID world, but a look at its historic risk taking shows it has been more risk averse before. "Now, more than ever, we are conscious of our obligation to avoid 'excessive risk'. ...

QBE chief exits after workplace complaint

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... workplace misconduct circle another large Australian financial institution; AMP, with Financial Standard reporting just yesterday that Maurice Blackburn, the firm acting for AMP sexual harassment victim Julia Szlakowski, had released a summary of the ...

Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... the federal opposition of being communists and bowing to industry funds. A war of words broke out in the upper house yesterday when Liberals, who have been working for major retirement savings reforms, launched an attack against Labor. Queensland LNP ...

Heine family sells Netwealth shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
The Heine family took advantage of Netwealth's strong results and buoyant share price yesterday to sell down about $76 million worth of shares in the company -- a tiny sliver of their expansive holding. The sale of 5.5 million shares was across ...

Pahari sorry, victim calls for documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... relation to the sexual harassment matter. After announcing Pahari would step down from the role of chief executive, yesterday AMP released an apology from Pahari to the media. "I deeply regret the events in 2017, and I apologise to Julia Szlakowski," ...