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Clime avoids board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... defending shareholder rights," Abernethy said. "However, any flagrant disregard for due process and unnecessary waste of company funds is not supportable and should be highlighted when it occurs."

Unlicensed crypto investor faces jail time

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... made promises to customers of annual returns of at least 10-20% on investments that included crypto assets through his company, A One Multi Services. The corporate regulator alleges that Hala encouraged consumers to establish a self-managed superannuation ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... series of contracts from the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) which it said was "an aggregate amount that is material to the company" since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023. This left about 1200 civilians dead (revised from the initial 1400 estimate), according ...

Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... contributor to the return was Novo Nordisk, the Denmark-headquartered developer of wonder drug Ozempic, which is now the biggest company in Europe. About 71% of the fund is invested in equities, taking stakes in close to 9000 companies across 72 countries. ...

WAM Leaders to make bid for QV Equities

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
The investment company, managed by Wilson Asset Management, intends to make an off-market takeover bid for QV Equities Limited (QVL). The offer involves exchanging one share of WAM Leaders for every 1.4675 shares of QVE. Entities associated with WAM ...

Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... point beyond simple board composition for women on leadership teams. "Pay gap data can also provide some insight into company culture, and whether statements about valuing diversity align with the facts. The conversation can then be about what steps ...

Quinn family rescues beloved Sara Lee

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... has now saved iconic dessert brand, Sara Lee. Sara Lee's administrators at FTI Consulting announced on Monday that the company, which went into voluntary administration last year, had been purchased for an undisclosed sum via the family office of Klark ...

IFM offloads stake in payment software business to Autodesk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... represents the first exit for IFM's second Growth fund and comes on the heels of the disposal of NDIS plan management company My Plan Manager to insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher, as well as recent investments in software firm Tally Group, and Smart ...

GBST raids SS&C for APAC head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
GBST has this month welcomed a head of Asia Pacific, hiring SS&C Technologies' sales director. Jeff Hall has taken on the newly created regional leadership role, responsible for business development and operations across GBST's wealth management and ...

ASIC files contempt orders against repeat offender

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... Because of the investigation, Financial Circle's AFSL and credit licenses were cancelled in November 2018, and the company was fined $9 million. ASIC called the Financial Circle case a "sequel" to the WRM [injunction] proceedings of 2017. The current ...