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AFA announces awards finalists

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... Peters and NAB's Sharon Walker. "We established the award with the aim of promoting positive change in the form of gender diversity within financial advice, by encouraging more women to enter the industry, and take leadership roles," AFA chief executive ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... most attempts by Financial Standard to get comments from industry bodies and personalities that advocate for gender diversity failed. Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF) chief executive Amanda Dobbie told Financial Standard that the presence of fund ...

Fiducian reports growth after restructure

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... acquired financial planning businesses and the expansion of the group's advice network. Fiducian also put in place a diversity policy to encourage employees of different sexes, origin and age to participate in the business. Its employees are from 19 ...

State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... the advisory market. "The move has been a great success in terms of the client relationships we have developed and the diversity of the conversations we are having about creating solutions for specific problems rather than simply creating products," ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... banks such as BNY Mellon, Citi, J.P. Morgan, State Street and UBS also signed the letter. The letter states: "We support diversity in the workforce and recognise the rights of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) employees to ...

Equip appoints digital specialist to board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... Australian community and the individuals within it. "Meeting that obligation is ultimately achieved by the quality and diversity of people around the board table, supported by an effective CEO and executive team," he said.

ACSI targets male-dominated boards

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... "We are seeking tangible commitments and evidence from these companies that they have strategies for achieving gender diversity at board level in the near term, rather than the sometimes surprisingly vague statements often made to comply with ASX Corporate ...

Industry super warns against uniform laws

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... Peter Collins said in a statement on Friday. "There is a real danger that imposing uniform requirements will dilute the diversity of governance arrangements and increase systemic risk in our super system." He noted many industry funds were already appointing ...

KPMG hires heavy in financial services

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... to partner positions while on, or about to take maternity leave. KPMG has taken a proactive stance to address gender diversity in its workplace, introducing gender targets of 25% female partners, and 40% women in senior leadership by July 2016. Wingrove ...

AustralianSuper, Brookfield in second US deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... long-term growth potential," McGougan said. Five of the Washington DC assets are located in the East End with additional diversity in other core submarkets. East End assets include 1400 K Street, 1200 K Street, the Victor Building, 650 Massachusetts ...