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Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... participation. The Parenthood chief executive Georgie Dent said the passage of the bill is "big" and "game-changing reform". "This change with the activity test is predominantly going to benefit women and households on the lower end of the income spectrum ...

TAL director named CEDA chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... migration, aged care and disadvantage, and our sharply curated major events program, including new annual summits on climate change and AI. "Thanks also to my fellow CEDA board members for their support, professionalism and expertise over the last five ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... for virtue signally, 'woke,' or knee-jerk reactions to current events playing out in the news. "When APRA says a change in personal circumstances should trigger a reassessment of someone's fitness and propriety, what kind of circumstance ...

UniSuper waters down 'volatile' environmental option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... refreshing the investment strategy for its Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option, effective March 28. The major change will be lowering the threshold for companies to qualify for inclusion in the strategy. "Due to the concentrated nature of ...

Perpetual appoints demerger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... "eager bidders to emerge." Hong arrived from NSW Treasury, where, for three years, he was the executive director of climate change and balance sheet. He also worked as NSW procurement executive director of commercial and advisory, part of the state treasury. ...

Dania Zinurova exits Wilson AM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Wilson Asset Management's alternative assets specialist has popped up at Dexus as its head of infrastructure funds. Dania Zinurova - the portfolio manager for WAM Alternative Assets and now fund manager of Dexus Diversified Infrastructure Trust ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... raise standards without adding undue cost burden, adding that entities with "mature governance practices" would see little change. "Clarifying the role of the board should help to ease the workload for directors and enable them to focus on the most important ...

Large financial firms falling behind on AI adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... the official side, there has been a lack of clear direction." Kollo said to benefit from the use of AI, companies need to change the narrative with their staff to focus on the positive rather than the risks. "Some staff will get it immediately, some ...

Quinbrook, CATL to build battery storage solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has partnered with global firm Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) to build a new long-duration battery storage solution backed by superannuation funds. CATL, a listed Chinese battery manufacturer and technology ...

abrdn embraces letter 'E' again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
After its much derided rebrand did little good, abrdn will add back the three vowels it removed from its name in 2021. Overnight, it was announced that abrdn will be renamed aberdeen group and trade as aberdeen. In April 2021, Standard Life Aberdeen ...