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Finalists named in annual MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... Year, Marketing Team of the Year, Podcast of the Year, and PR Company of the year, just to name a few. And, for the first time, this year will see the Rising Star of the Year crowned by Financial Standard. This award will be presented to the best young ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... Washington D.C. Office Kate Donald said an agreement made last year by the World Bank to target cuts in inequality for the first time in its 80-year history is a "landmark move" but must make it a headline priority. "We don't buy the excuse that 'we ...

WTW to launch dedicated private equity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... including co-investments. This new private equity fund, the WTW Private Equity Access Fund (WTW PEAF), will be the first time that the asset consultant's institutional private equity business has offered a pooled fund to the market. WTW said this will ...

Schroders welcomes new head of intermediary

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... years. Prior to that he spent four years as national sales manager at Paradice Investment Management. This is not the first time Fernandez has worked for Schroders, having worked with the company for almost 10 years from 2005 to 2015. Schroders said ...

Non-compete clauses come under the microscope

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... Australian workers who are subject to restraint clauses and the negative impact it is having on the workforce. "For the first time we have data from the employer side on the prevalence of non-competes and other post-employment restraint clauses," e61 ...

Director facing $13k fine in first of its kind action from ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... timeframes: Directors appointed before 1 November 2021 had until 30 November 2022 to apply New directors appointed for the first time between 1 November 2021 and 4 April 2022 had 28 days from their appointment to apply From 5 April 2022, intending new ...

Majority comply with IDR reporting: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... firms to submit data by February 29, was extended to March 14. ASIC said it allowed more time, understanding it is the first time most firms are engaging with the new reporting process. The latest round of submissions affected smaller firms. The first ...

Bitcoin hits fresh high as investors await halving event

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high, surpassing US$72,000 ($100,000) for the first time since the digital asset's inception. The latest price boost was underscored by an increased acceptance of Bitcoin by mainstream financial institutions with the UK's ...

FICAP RockStar slated for July

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... Industry Community Aid Program's (FICAP) annual Who wants to be a RockStar? event is returning in July and, for the first time, the event's winner will take home an incredible prize. FICAP's flagship event will take place in Sydney on Thursday, July ...

Pay gaps at super funds, fund managers revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... 23.6%, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), with individual employer pay gaps reported for the first time as part of the government's strategy to solve the problem costing the economy $51.8 billion each year. According to the ...