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Planning firm among healthiest Australian workplaces

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... "Corporate Australia must play a leading role in tackling issues of wellbeing in the workplace, enabling a supportive culture and ensuring that employee health is always front of mind." Mu's comments are echoed by the survey results only changing slightly ...

New Zealand reviews life insurance commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... report reads. The country's Financial Markets Authority and the RBNZ are currently undertaking a review of the conduct and culture of New Zealand's life insurers with a final report to be issued in January 2019. The review was initiated following issues ...

MLC Life restructures team, ramps up transformation ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... formulating the company's strategy for data governance, analytics and data insights, and establishing a stronger data-driven culture for customers. Prior to joining MLC Life, Klein held roles at Tabcorp and Contexti. Fleur Edgerton was appointed ...

Social media reacts to final Royal Commission hearings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... Bornstein was blunt in his assessment of the NAB chair Ken Henry's Royal Commission performance. Elliott says "speak up culture has been a challenge". They do not have the capacity to fix it by themselves. There is a clear need for external scrutiny ...

Rest restructures senior management

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... business development; service delivery and employer channel management. Evans joined Rest as general manager of people and culture in July 2014 and will continue to lead culture and change management initiatives. Parkin was appointed as general manager ...

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... concern within AMP that, even now, it still needs to do a lot of work to ensure that its senior leaders understand the culture in relation to risk and compliance that the AMP board wants?" Hodge asked. "The work is ongoing, but I do believe that there ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
As the Royal Commission sharpens its focus on accountability and corporate culture, an institutional investor says these two issues will now shape conversations with boards more than ever. SSGA senior managing director Susan Darroch said the significant ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The $9 trillion manager's Asia Pacific business has a new head as its incumbent moves to a global role. BlackRock's current head of corporate strategy and senior managing director Geraldine Buckingham is taking on the APAC head and chair role. ...

Comyn promises personal accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... the bank going forward and iterated that customer outcomes will be prioritised over financial objectives. Comyn said the culture he is trying to create is one of accountability, transparency and customer focused. It will be "energised" by its purpose ...

CountPlus acquires interest in integrated wealth firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... growth and profitability. "O'Brien is a standout, second-generation family business with great people, a client-centric culture - and it brings a clear growth and values mindset in line with that of CountPlus," CountPlus chief executive Matthew Rowe ...