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APRA, ASIC provide annual update

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... report states that the agencies have collaborated on loan repayment deferrals and borrower hardship, participated in a cross-agency working group with the Treasury and the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, helped progress test cases in a timely ...

KKR appoints APAC growth equity lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... Roblox, Dell Technologies, Ancestry and Waymo. He also served on several boards, including those of GHX, Creative Artists Agency and WebMD. He has also previously held roles with Warburg Pincus in New York, Cisco Systems in Silicon Valley and the US ...

Future Fund hires chief economist

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... on providing strategic advice, analysis and insights on relevant global macro-economic issues and opportunities to the agency and the Board of Guardians. Johnston spent the last 17 years at Wellington Management as a partner and global macro strategist. ...

Boutique recruits portfolio manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... at VFMC as senior portfolio manager of fixed interest and absolute returns after three years. He joined the government agency in 2015 as portfolio manager. Prior to VFMC, Wilson spent more than seven years at ANZ, working in rates trading in Sydney and ...

Future Fund becoming more expensive to operate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... fees incurred. In the latest financial year results, three out of four areas drove up costs for the sovereign wealth fund: agency remuneration (up 16%), consultant fees (up 22%) and agency operations (up 28%). Contract costs with investment managers ...

Fed to ban policymakers stock, bond trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... stocks as well as active trading by policymakers and senior staff. They will also not be able to hold individual bonds or agency securities, nor can they enter into derivatives. Further, to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest in the timing of ...

Economic recap: Week to October 15

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... reductions in the pace of asset purchases, by $10 billion in the case of Treasury securities and $5 billion in the case of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS)." "Participants generally commented that the illustrative path provided a straightforward ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide a partial exemption for documents handled by the Future Fund Board and Agency related to its investment activities. This would reduce the risk of disclosing highly sensitive confidential or commercial ...

What will it take to get super on parental leave?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... super guarantee on its scheme. ISA released a report on the issue in partnership with former Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) director Libby Lyons, arguing that paying super on parental leave is the most practical way to address the gap in super ...

Gauging the Future Fund's MySuper potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... seven-year period. Still, Rainmaker said a national MySuper product with investments managed by the Future Fund Management Agency has the potential to be the lowest cost product in the market. Its last annual report shows total costs of 1.13%, comprised ...