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Government fund seeks investment manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
A $2 billion fund created by the government is on the lookout for an investment manager. The Australian Office of Financial Management AOFM on Monday opened the tenders for investment management services for the $2 billion Australian Business Securitisation ...

Open Banking gets another shot in parliament

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... the implementation draft of the technical standards." The ACCC will regulate the Consumer Data Right along with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner with a new Data Standards Body which will develop transfer and security standards.

Pendal Group appoints international business lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
Pendal Group announced the appointment of a chief executive for its J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) operations in the UK, Europe and Asia. Alexandra Altinger will head up UK, Europe and Asia operations for JOHCM. Altinger was previously chief ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... 97.4890. While Trump only nominated China and Europe in his "currency manipulation" tweet, the US Department of Treasury Office of International Affairs had already put nine countries on its "Monitoring List" two months before in its report to congress ...

CFS taps senior Qantas Super executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... Super executive to a superannuation governance role. The institution has appointed Hugh Loughrey as the head of the office of the trustee. He moves into the role as former head of the office of the trustee Caroline Hodkinson left to take an external ...

APRA flexes new muscles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... invoked its new powers for the first time, directing IOOF and its superannuation entities to implement and maintain an Office of the Superannuation Trustee (OST) within the group or risk facing a financial penalty. The move comes after IOOF breached ...

IOOF breaches APRA licence conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... independent reviewer - engaged by IOOF - reporting on the firm's progress, the firm has so far failed to set up an Office of the Superannuation Trustee (OST). Establishing this unit forms four of 76 actionable items the reviewer says IOOF should ...

Budget: RC response to cost over $600m

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... steering committee will cost $11.2 million in 2019-20. Finally, $900,000 in additional funding has been set aside for the Office of Parliamentary Counsel to deal with the volume of legislative drafting that will be required to implement the Government's ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... could easily form a book. Coonan founded her own law firm at 25-years-old; was the first woman in Australia to hold the office of Assistant Treasurer; and later, as Communications Minister, she was alongside Prime Minister John Howard as he announced ...

Former ASFA chair sees new EQT role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... healthy corporate culture and excellent client service. Meanwhile, the trustee company appointed a former head of the office of trustee in Commonwealth Bank's wealth division to its superannuation board last week. Sue Everingham has linked with Equity ...