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Male-pack mentality holds back boards

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... Australia, which looked at a sample of large ASX-listed firms, and found that many boards persistently suffer from a "boys' club mentality". The majority of the participants agreed that gender diversity in the boardroom brings different perspectives ...

AMP hires people, culture lead

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
AMP Australia has appointed a former Woolworths human resources executive as head of people and culture. Gillian Davie has over 25 years' experience in human resources with experience in rapid growth, right sizing, turnarounds, transformation, crisis ...

Law firm summarises report AMP won't release

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
Maurice Blackburn, the firm acting for AMP sexual harassment victim Julia Szlakowski, has released a summary of the findings of AMP's investigation into the matter - which AMP said it would release but hasn't. Despite announcing to the ASX two weeks ...

Law firm demands Pahari documents from AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
Maurice Blackburn wants AMP to hand over documents relating to its handling of sexual harassment complaints before it will consent to the Pahari report being released to the public. Yesterday, AMP said it would publicly release its report into complaints ...

MySuper portfolio winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... returns included CareSuper, HESTA, and Statewide Super with eight months of negative returns. Rest, Hostplus, CommBank Group, Club Plus Super, Intrust Super, Sunsuper for Life and Media Super all had nine months of negative returns.

Sovereign fund withdraws bid for Newcastle United

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
A consortium including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has withdrawn its £300 million takeover of English Premier League team Newcastle United Football Club. The buyer consortium also included PCP Capital Partners and Reuben Brothers and ...

Stimulus, ERS pushes spending up 17%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
New research has demonstrated the impact of the government's stimulus package and early release of superannuation program, with a sharp uptick in consumer spending. The data from illion and AlphaBeta, part of Accenture, found consumer spending in Australia ...

Chief economist update: Haste makes Budget waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Would Australia be experiencing a second wave - and therefore, a reimposition of lockdown restrictions - had it not rushed to reopen and followed its original prescription for a six-month lockdown? Not only that, in the haste to reopen, the Victorian ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
"The Australian economy is fighting back." Prime Minister Scott Morrison's declaration referring to the bounce back in the Australian labour market wouldn't have rung hollow had it not been for the second wave in Victoria - the country's ...

Chief economist update: Flattening the rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
The earlier than expected easing of restrictions in Australia that defrosted social and commercial activity has had their desired effect - rebounding business conditions and confidence - and the feared one -- a second wave. The NAB monthly business ...