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Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
A former financial services executive in the US has been charged with orchestrating a bribery scheme that saw him funnel at least $4 million to the Ghanaian government to gain their approval to build and operate an electrical power plant. The Securities ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... each of them on the benches. Albanese is adamant that Parliament should continue sitting, accusing the Morrison government of hypocrisy in asking essential workers to continue while politicians take an extended hiatus.

Ontario Teachers' takes stake in Sydney desal plant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... Teachers', UTA and The Infrastructure Fund acquired Sydney desalination plant in 2012 through a 50-year lease from the government of New South Wales. "Sydney Desalination Plant has been a great investment for Ontario Teachers', and this incremental acquisition ...

China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... activity infecting the rest of the world. This is underscored by the Nikkei Asian Review 's report that: "The government of Hubei Province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, said Thursday it will extend its business shutdown for a third ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... had out of control bushfires before - but it's definitely impactful in terms of scale and scope. If only the government of the day - Labor or the Coalition - had enough foresight. But as it turns out, all of Australia's treasury men - Labor's ...

Former Goldman Sachs exec charged over $62m bribery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
Former Goldman Sachs managing director Tim Leissner has been charged with bribery in relation to the high profile 1MDB sovereign wealth scandal. The US Securities and Exchange Commission has brought charges against Leissner for allegedly engaging in ...

Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... said. Whether her majesty will later come to regret mouthing these words - reportedly ghost written for her by the government of the day (pun intended) - before the UK Parliament is moot, the fact remains that the Queen of the United Kingdom has all ...

Evidence of "pay to play" in US pension consulting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Top staff at investment advisory firms may have used political contributions to win mandates from public pension funds in the United States until 2011, a new research paper found. Pay to Play in Investment Management, a paper published by William Beggs ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... already sounded the alarm bells and is already preparing for the contingency that it might have to resort to QE, the government of the day remains obsessed with bringing the Budget back into surplus. Besides, it's already done its part with its tax ...

Advice associations weigh in on member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... said, echoing the thoughts of Mine Super in its submission. But the AFA went further in its submission, accusing the Government of failing to conduct a cost benefit analysis to determine the proposed bill's effectiveness. AFA general manager of policy ...