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In the archives: Mavis Robertson on the importance of more women on boards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... law: it called on all publicly listed companies and state-owned companies to have a gender quota of at least 40 per cent women on boards. Seven years later, none of the disasters that critics anticipated ever materialised and the companies did just that ...

ACSI targets a third of women on boards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... board level. There are now 36 companies - including one in the ASX 50 and another three in the ASX 100 - that have no women on their boards. "ACSI's motivation to act in this space is the strong evidence of the links between board gender diversity and ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... return on equity, company valuation and stock market performance. According to the report, since the GFC companies with women on their boards out-performed companies lead by non-diverse boards by 28% in the US, 7% in Europe and 58% in the Asia-Pacific ...

Women in Super NSW scholarship winners named

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... along the way. Winners will attend either the 'Getting Started: Realising your Board Potential' half day workshop run by Women on Boards or the 'Professional Skills' two day workshop run by rogenSi. These workshops will provide participants with strategies ...

NGS appointment brings gender equality to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
NGS Super has appointed former school principal Georgina Smith to the board of trustees, bringing percentage of women on its board to 50%. Smith has worked in education for 35 years, with roles as assistant director, principal consultant, school principal ...

Women in Super scholarship open for applicants

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... choice of three workshops run by rogenSi. The second is the Board Program, which includes a half day workshop run by Women on Boards entitled, 'Getting Started: Realising your board potential'. The scholarship is open to all members of Women in Super. ...

Women on boards have no influence in performance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
The appointment of women in boards does not necessarily affect company performance or shareholder behaviour, research by University of New South Wales professor RenA(C)e Adams has found. Adams, who was speaking at the Platypus Asset Management Symposium ...

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The APRA statistics reveal that the number of women on superannuation fund boards has risen by 6% since 2006, but men still comprise 78% of superannuation fund trustees. While ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... Australia chief executive Philip Chronican is slated to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia event, while Women On Boards releases an evaluation of ASX200 companies' gender diversity practices. In Australia, the market on Wednesday defied ...

Board quotas an "embarrassment" for Australia: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... diversity brings, according to BlackRock. In a new research report, BlackRock also said the glacial pace of growth of women on boards means that the imposition of quotas remains a very real possibility. BlackRock reviewed the composition of women on ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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