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LIC announces board changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
A listed investment company managed by Investors Mutual announced changes to its board of directors. QV Equities (QVE) added a new member to its board after John McBain, the joint chief executive of Centuria Capital, retires after five years of service. ...

Rural FM dupes investors: Short-seller

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
An activist short-seller has valued Rural Funds Management's agricultural fund as "ultimately worthless," alleging it is falsifying accounts and over-inflating assets. Bonitas is accusing RFM, the responsible entity for ASX-listed Rural Funds Group ...

Industry fund appoints chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... of the National Irrigators Council, Whan was previously a NSW cabinet minister overseeing different portfolios, including rural water and tourism. Club Plus Super also appointed Susan Weston to the board as a member-elected representative. Weston is ...

Suncorp named Bank of the Year

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... It's imperative that we have a banking industry that is competitive, by global standards, yet compassionate towards rural and regional communities." The full list of awards and winners is below. For full coverage, the July issue of Money is on newsstands ...

AFCA hits the road

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... awareness of its services. The dispute resolution body is set to embark on a national roadshow, visiting more than 70 regional, rural and remote communities to learn about the financial issues facing Australian's outside the city centres. The initiative ...

FSU seeks transparency on CBA job cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... is also "incorrect and misleading." "We remain committed to our decision to limit our review of branches in regional and rural towns during this financial year, given the conditions currently experienced by rural NSW and Queensland." Financial Standard ...

Superannuation fund chief accepts new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... finalised last year. Prior to merging, AustSafe had $2.5 billion of assets with about 380,000 members and 40,000 employers from rural and regional areas. "The merger will deliver many benefits to both AustSafe Super and Sunsuper members, including a ...

Pinnacle partners with former Blue Sky executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... investment firms. Phil King's Regal Funds Management recently took a stake in farmland and water rights manager Kilter Rural. Multi-affiliate Channel Capital partnered with Gunn Agri Partners in 2016. It has since closed a $200 million beef fund ...

Record Budget spend for older Australians

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... providers construct new or upgrade existing services, and the Government has said this funding will be particularly focussed on rural and regional locations. Despite the record spend for ageing Australians, Frydenberg said in his speech: "Our commitment ...

NAB ends introducer payments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... implementing 26. The recent action NAB has taken as part of their campaign to be a better bank has included keeping regional and rural branches open, opening new regional customer connect centres and extending the protections of the Code of Banking Practice ...