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Three join embattled AMP Capital fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... was investments and operations director for the last two years. She started her career as a graduate at the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. Van Leuven, who is based in New Zealand, was previously the deputy chief executive for the Ministry ...

Aon, Willis Towers Watson terminate merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... companies said it was a mutual agreement - though the decision was forced by lack of regulatory approval in the US. The US Department of Justice had been opposed to the merger, and Aon chief executive Greg Case said the company eventually met an impasse ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... I wrote to Ian Macfarlane, who was at that time with OECD in Paris, offering him a senior position in the research department of the Reserve Bank of Australia. The same year, I recruited a talented young graduate of Sydney University, Glenn Stevens," ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... and an advocate in national wage cases. He moved onto work at the building and construction industry division of the department of labour and then a ministerial adviser to labour ministers in the state government. Silk was also a director of the department ...

Robinhood hit with record-breaking fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... pay US$57 million and about US$12.6 million in restitution, plus interest, to thousands of customers. FINRA head of department enforcement Jessica Hopper said: "This action sends a clear message - all FINRA member firms, regardless of their size or business ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... meaning there may be less scope for UK DC schemes to reduce charges by the same extent as a result of consolidation," the Department for Work and Pensions said. It also noted that international evidence shows larger funds often have more diversified ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... recommendations. They want a cabinet-rank post responsible for housing policies and outcomes, closely linked to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, as well as a permanent housing committee as part of the National Cabinet structure. Crucial ...

Centuria launches unlisted fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... million to fund the transaction. State Trustees, City West Water and the Victorian government's Treasury and Finance Department are some of the current tenants. In 2014, the Victorian government partnered with the now-defunct construction company Grocon ...

AUSTRAC investigates NAB, JBWere

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... NAB poured $800 million into its financial crime and fraud controls and has more than 1200 staffers working in this department. "At this stage, AUSTRAC is not considering civil penalty proceedings to address AUSTRAC's concerns. This decision is reflective ...

Financial services job market hot: Hays

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... with 64% saying that in the next year skills shortages will impact the effective operation of their organisation or department.