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Moelis adds to board

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Goodfellow joins the board as an independent non-executive director, and will also chair its remuneration and nomination committee, while Pilcher Ciafone will replace Simon as a non-executive director. Moelis Australia chair Jeffrey Browne said he was ...

LNP halts push for SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... for super. The statement comes after the Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that an increase to SG will impact wage growth. Additionally, Morrison commented on the suggestion that profitable ...

Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... of former Australian Securities Commission investigator Brett Walker (who also sits on the dealer group's investment committee). The group is still actively looking for other advice tech companies to partner with, with El Shammaa noting that, thus far ...

SG increase will impact wage growth: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... growth and the government will need to weigh up the impacts of that. Speaking at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Lowe said the SG increase will be offset by lower wage growth. "It will certainly have a negative effect on ...

Catherine Brenner case dropped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... continues to investigate a number of matter concerning AMP. Last week, ASIC deputy chair Daniel Crennan told the Standing Committee on Economics that ASIC is investigating more than five but less than 50 matters in relation to AMP. Deputy chair of the ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... superannuation and financial services assistant minister Jane Hume, despite the proposal being rejected by a parliamentary committee in 2018. "The Parliamentary Joint Committee made a series of sensible findings and recommendations which would ensure ...

BGH Capital closes in on theme park deal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... operating at a 50% capacity. It is currently relying on JobKeeper to maintain employment. The chair of the independent committee of Village Roadshow Directors (IBC) Peter Tonagh said the board unanimously recommends the transaction. "The BGH transaction ...

Investment committees not up to scratch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
New research from Thinking Ahead Institute has identified the flaws in investment committee practices and governance. The research, Going from good to great, points to the aviation industry as one the investment industry could stand to learn from. The ...

ERS scheme referred to Auditor-General

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... administration of the scheme appears to have departed from this legislated purpose. Evidence given to the Senate Select Committee overseeing the government's response to COVID-19 had revealed major problems with the scheme." Jones lists a number of issues ...

APRA spells out unlisted asset valuation standards

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... industry concerns about the appropriate valuations of unlisted assets. Speaking at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics public hearing reviewing the 2019 APRA Annual Report, chair of the Committee Tim Wilson questioned the regulator ...