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New St George and Westpac New Zealand CEOs appointed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... Chapman had decided to leave and would be returning home to Adelaide where he has been appointed to the BankSA advisory board. The move would "complement his considerable professional, sporting and personal interests in South Australia", Westpac said. ...

Forum: Women Driving Change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... than 5% of women represented at the highest level. While the discussion of gender quotas to date has focused largely at the board level, the group, which included chief executives, managers and board members from within the wealth industry, discussed ...

Franklin Templeton plans retail growth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments plans to significantly expand its retail presence in Australia this year, potentially through platforms, dealer groups and new appointments. The Australian arm of the global Franklin Templeton Group currently manages around ...

Super funds still shunning women trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... integrity to be trustees. If they can't then they obviously aren't looking very hard," he said. But as poor as female trustee board representation is in superannuation, it's far better than among directors of listed companies where only 10% are women ...

APRA accepts EU from former Trio director

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... Capital. John Godfrey was a non-executive director of Trio between February 2005 and June 2007, as well as being chair of the board from June 2005 to February 2007. Godfrey is the first person whose enforceable undertaking was accepted by the prudential ...

FSC makes move on fund governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... chair and the majority of directors must be independent, directors cannot hold multiple and competing superannuation fund board positions, disclosure of remuneration of directors and senior management when paid from the trust, member access must be available ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... economy? Yes, check. And how do we know, we know? Because of what RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said only yesterday - the day his Board decided to keep interest rates unchanged at 4.25%. "Recent information is consistent with the expectation that the world ...

Asteron Life completes $10m platform upgrade

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Asteron Life has continued its product rollout targeting the independent adviser market, with the completion of a $10m technology upgrade to its Asteron Life Complete platform. Jordan Hawke, Asteron Life executive general manager, adviser distribution ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... 94. To be sure, the continued improvement in Uncle Sam's fortunes is also helping. The latest update from the Conference Board's consumer confidence index is the latest addition to these auspicious indicators. US consumer confidence jumped to 70.8 in ...

Outgoing QIC chief appointed to Suncorp board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Outgoing QIC chief executive Doug McTaggart has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Suncorp Group board, along with Michael Cameron. Cameron is head of The GPT Group, with past roles including chief financial officer of St.George Bank ...