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CBA, Westpac put spotlight on financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... The FIAP program, led by Good Shepherd Microfinance in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact, EY and the Department of Social Services, aims to support organisations to identify measurable actions to improve the financial wellbeing of their customers ...

Westpac commits to social finance leadership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... in providing safe homes to families and communities. Alongside The Benevolent Society, NSW Treasury and the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, both CBA and Westpac were integral in developing the bond. The investment vehicle finances a ...

ANZ appoints former Finance Department boss

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
ANZ has appointed a new director. Jane Halton is the former secretary of the Australian Department of Finance. Before that she had several other senior government roles, including secretary of the Australian Department of Health, secretary for the Department ...

AMP Capital hires new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... the board of its investment management subsidiary. He recently stepped down from his role as the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Prior to that role, Varghese was High Commissioner to India, High Commissioner to Malaysia and ...

Another former AMP planner cops ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... counts of procuring insider trading. It is alleged that Thompson, formerly a vice president in the investment banking department of Credit Suisse Management Australia, procured a close friend, Michael William Hull, to purchase the shares of seven Australian ...

Businesses face unprecedented cyber threats: CIA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... Australia will be agility, which is a function of infrastructure." Adviser to the prime minister on cyber security, department of prime minister and cabinet, Alastair MacGibbon said businesses face a long lasting loss of trust and confidence if innovation ...

Capital Group reappoints former exec

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... Research, the group's global macroeconomic team. Most recently Thawley was secretary of the Australian government's Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) from 2014 until January 2016. Prior to this he held a number of roles with the Australian ...

AMP appoints two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... director of Maple-Brown Abbott and Alinta. The second appointment, Peter Varghese, was recently the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was also the High Commissioner to India, High Commissioner to Malaysia and Director-General ...

ACFS head departs to Vic government

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS), Amy Auster, is stepping down from her role to join the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. Auster is taking up a new role as deputy secretary (economic) at the Victorian Treasury. She was in the ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... services exports. Two-way trade between Australia and Indonesia is currently valued at about $11 billion, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade analysis, with the trade balance slightly in favour of Indonesia. On a road near you soon ...