Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 81 - 90 of 278 results for %22John Williams%22

MLC launches new advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
MLC has introduced a new advice business to the market, retiring the Apogee, Garvan and Meritum brands and appointing a general manager to lead the venture. Following on from the announcement in August last year that Apogee, Garvan and Meritum would ...

Link feels impact of COVID-19

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... result of the ERS, low employment growth and lower workforce mobility. Addressing the conference, Link Group managing director John McMurtrie said himself and Link chair Michael Carapiet have taken pay cuts to the tune of 50% over the next six months ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... investors, who are increasingly aware of the importance of ESG factors, will demand answers. Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo said its time for leaders to consider the long term implications of poor - and good - governance, not only for ...

Bigger balances, bigger blow: Elia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... to ensure it is ready for the onslaught. However, speaking to Financial Standard earlier this week, Link chief executive John McMurtrie said meeting the government's deadline will be tough. McMurtrie said the current processes and technology for ...

Westpac names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... will take on the role permanently to steer the bank through ongoing uncertainty. In an announcement today, Westpac chair John McFarlane said King has agreed to take on the role for the next two years. "I believe we need a chief executive in place now ...

Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... would have employed. The initial determination was reached in 2016. Commenting on the outcome of the appeal, Commissioner John Price said: "This important decision reaffirms ASIC's view of the importance of directors' duties and the obligations ...

UniSuper suspends stock lending

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... we're comfortable lending our shares as we genuinely believe that it adds to market efficiency," UniSuper chief executive John Pearce said. The ability to short-sell adds to liquidity and price discovery in an orderly market, he added. "However ...

Pension fund acquires Plenary Group business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... acquisition validates Plenary's global standing in the PPP market and our long-term partnership model," Plenary global chair John O'Rourke said. Divesting the business will free-up capital to support Plenary's opportunities in the fast growing Australian ...

Willis Towers Watson, Aon to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... in our journey to better serve our clients in the areas of people, risk and capital," Willis Towers Watson chief executive John Haley said. "This transaction accelerates that journey by providing our combined teams the opportunity to drive innovation ...

Investment Manager of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... long term in a way that achieves investment objectives without taking undue risk," Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall said. "To assess this, Rainmaker's primary goal was to construct an awards system from the perspective of the investors." ...