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BUSSQ board members removed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
BUSSQ board members Jacqui Collie and Michael Ravbar, both of whom are senior Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) officials, have been replaced effective immediately. The administrator for the Queensland branch of the CFMEU ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... firms cut down business investment and housing investment dropped, while services supported growth, industry and construction contributed negatively," she said. "We expect the recovery to strengthen over time, as rising real incomes allow households ...

New global chiefs for abrdn, Schroders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... Aviva, working as chief financial officer in his final leg between 2019 and 2022. He then worked as finance chief at construction company Persimmon Homes for more than one year. Abrdn chair Douglas Flint said Windsor emerged as the unanimous choice of ...

Cbus advice lead jumps to Aware

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
After three and a half years at the industry superannuation fund for construction and building workers, Lynda Cross has joined Aware Super as head of guidance. Reporting to Peter Hogg, general manager of guidance and advice, Cross will lead the super ...

Global X's best three ideas for portfolio construction

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Global X head of institutional clients Chad Hitzeman shared the exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider's best three ideas for constructing portfolios in alternative ways at a conference hosted by Activam Group. The first idea is equity thematics, which ...

Majority pass adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... candidates who have sat the exam passed. ASIC said they demonstrate the skills to apply their knowledge of advice construction, ethics and legal requirements to the practical scenarios tested in the exam. The exam lasts 3.5 hours, including reading time ...

APRA alleges First Super co-chair breached director duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... allegations by APRA that he breached his duties as a director in relation to a contract between the fund and the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU). In addition to being First Super's co-chair, O'Connor is the national ...

BUSSQ fights back against regulatory imposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... allegations of serious misconduct within the CFMEU and concerns about its potential impact on the super fund. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland (CFMEU-Q), a separate legal entity to the CFMEU, is ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... a super fund would be the recipient of funds via the HAFF is wrong. "A super fund is not involved in the design, construction, or approval of any of these projects," he said. "Once the settings are right and agreed upon, a super fund would be the provider ...

Qualitas shines in FY24, Charter Hall contracts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... of future retail development, one of which is an adjoining commercial and residential tower in Sydney's CBD under construction on behalf of Cbus Property.
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