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First Super to vote against CBA board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... investors from Australia, the UK and the US proposed replacing News Corp chief executive Rupert Murdoch with an independent chairman, as well as implementing simple majority votes on company resolutions.

Spring FG set to launch IPO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... professionals and Moneytree Partners Group. Spring recently appointed former Macquarie Bank Group director Guy Hedley as chairman and KTM Capital as corporate advisers.

CBA appoints litigators as customer advocates

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... to pursue various alternatives to contact past customers of both businesses." CBA did not confirm media reports that chairman David Turner and chief executive Ian Narev have been asked to appear in front of the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, conducted ...

The Infrastructure Fund reaches into Europe

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... diversify our portfolio across new sectors and geographies to deliver consistent, above-benchmark investor returns," TPCG chairman Bob Lette said. Earlier this year, TIF and consortium partner China Merchants Group won the $1.75 billion New South Wales ...

Westpac director resigns from board

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Westpac director Ann Pickard will retire from the board after the bank's annual general meeting on 12 December, chairman Lindsay Maxsted announced in a statement. Pickard has been a member of the Westpac Board since December 2011. During her time as ...

AMP to enter Chinese pension market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... this venture with China Life. The acquisition is expected to settle at the end of the year. China Life Insurance Group Chairman Yang Mingsheng said: "This strategic investment by AMP is a significant moment in the history of China Life Pension Company's ...

Macquarie announces $678m profit, appoints director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... appointment of Gordon Cairns to the boards of both Macquarie Group Limited and Macquarie Bank Limited. Cairns is currently chairman of Origin Energy Limited, and has sat on the board of Westpac. He was also previously director David Jones Limited and ...

ASIC pays commissioners $2.9m in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... highest salary paid in 2014 was $714,139, including superannuation, and the lowest was $491,790. ASIC top officials are chairman Greg Medcraft, deputy chairman Peter Kell, commissioner John Price, commissioner Greg Tanzer and commissioner Cathy Armour. ...

APRA releases group insurance best practice guide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... standards and guidance for RSE licensees and increasing supervisory attention for participants in the market." APRA deputy chairman Ian Laughlin said that over the last few years part of the group insurance market has fallen short of appropriate practice ...

Suncorp completes insurance review after breaches

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... more than 849,000 customers between June 2010 to June 2013, requiring refunds of approximately $23 million. ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said: "ASIC welcomes the report, which followed a positive and constructive process with Suncorp. We are pleased ...