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Social media reacts to final Royal Commission hearings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... Royal Commission. Ken Henry should resign immediately - Josh Bornstein (@JoshBBornstein) November 27, 2018 The Australia Institute director Josh Bornstein was blunt in his assessment of the NAB chair Ken Henry's Royal Commission performance. Elliott ...

Australian philanthropist donates $100m to journalism

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
Sydney will be home to a new journalism institute next year as part of a $100 million commitment to the profession from philanthropist Judith Neilson. The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas will encourage quality and evidence-based journalism ...

Charity donates $10m to university

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... donations to fund research and education in the past. They both donated $5 million each to Western Sydney University's institute of complementary medicine in April, 2017. Marcus Blackmore owns about $4.9 billion of the $2.1 billion company.

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... environmental, social and governance considerations are high on the board's agenda. Darroch told a recent Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees thought leadership event that corporate culture is a persistent theme in these conversations. ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Grattan Institute has called Labor's plan to end refunds of excess franking credits a "fair way" to improve the Federal Budget but it is still "second-best" as there are better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow ...

Philanthropic foundation names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... of the Future2 Foundation to play her part in advancing its vision," he said. Churcher is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the FPA. She was general manager of ipac South Australia until July 2017. More than $1 million has ...

Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... remuneration." The research was supported by Deloitte, the Insurance Council of Australia, the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, and FINSIA.

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... September quarter from 0.06% in the previous one. This, along with rising consumer confidence - the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment rose to an 11-month high of 104.3 in November from 101.5 in the previous month - augurs well for ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
Improvement is a ceaseless quest and Australia's superannuation industry must do better to ensure positive outcomes for members. Opening the 2018 ASFA conference in Adelaide this morning, ASFA chair Michael Easson didn't shy away from the criticism ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... largest asset owners in a new study. The inaugural Asset Owner 100 study from Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute looked at the world's largest asset managers. Globally, the 100 asset managers ranked control $26 trillion or nearly ...