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Industry fund adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... effective September 30 and comes as Matthew Bourke leaves the board. Hallam has held senior executive positions at the Federal Treasury, the National Office of Local Government and city councils of Esk Shire and Townsville. He was also a director for ...

Super-backed company develops COVID treatment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... fund. This fund is backed by the four aforementioned industry super funds, as well as Australian and New Zealand state and federal governments and more than 50 leading medical research institutes. HESTA told Financial Standard that it has committed approximately ...

Chief economist update: Australia's third arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... to 0.1%, and its three-year bond target and Term Funding Facility (TFF) to below 0.25%. October 6 is also the day when Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is expected to announce a growth boosting budget that includes bringing forward income tax cuts ...

Need to recalibrate the fiscal strategy: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the medium-term effects of COVID-19 have made it necessary to recalibrate the government's fiscal strategy ahead of the budget release. Frydenberg said the government will continue to offer strong economic support ...

Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... theme is likely to be, as we saw in March, a Team Australia moment where the Reserve Bank is directly supporting a bold Federal Budget..." "The prospect of the RBA "sitting back" to assess the Budget, which has been seen as the "norm" in previous years ...

Westpac reaches $1.3bn AUSTRAC deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... estimated penalty and additional costs which will include AUSTRAC's legal costs of $3.75 million. AUSTRAC said the Federal Court of Australia will consider the proposed settlement and penalty. If the court determines the proposed penalty is appropriate ...

Index manager, friend charged for insider trading

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... capital and commodity markets worldwide. The SEC charged Yang and Chen with violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws and seeks permanent injunctions and civil monetary penalties. In a parallel action, the US Attorney's Office ...

End of Super Complaints Tribunal nears

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... unlikely to be finalised by the end of the year. The amendment will allow AFCA to consider matters that are before the Federal Court on appeal from the SCT that are not finalised too. AFCA has been receiving super complaints since 1 November 2018, but ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... caught out after the CSIRO noticed serious impairment of its computing infrastructure and reported it to the Australian Federal Police. The man was employed on a contract basis by the CSIRO to perform data archiving and software support. Through his ...

CalPERS scrutinises CIO personal investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... government. CalPERS chief executive Marcie Frost defended Meng at the time, saying the fund invested in line with the Federal Office of Foreign Asset Control's list of prohibited companies. Reports from also US claim Meng was personally invested ...