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ICG sells stadium to NSW govt

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... Last year it did about EBIT $29 million and held about 45 events," Laidlaw said. Prior to the deal closure NSW Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres announced the appointment of a new board for ANZ Stadium, welcoming the asset returning to public ownership. ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

FinTech Australia appoints CEO from Fairfax

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
Fintech association FinTech Australia has appointed a new chief executive. Danielle Szetho joins FinTech Australia from FairFax Media, where she was banking and finance industry head. She held multiple other roles at Fairfax, including head of data ...

Former politician joins fintech board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... positions between 2013 and 2015 included Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Shadow Minister for Sport, and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader for Small Business. "As Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer and chair of the ...

Budget delivers blow to aged care

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... and a $137m funding boost for My Aged Care website will be introduced. In a statement, minister for health, aged care and sport Sussan Ley said that the government aims to continue to deliver consumer-centred aged care services, with reforms that will ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Australia sales of new motor vehicles Sales of new motor vehicles jumped by 2.2% in the month of March - the highest increase in six months -- following an unchanged reading in the previous month, indicating that Australian consumer is lifting discretionary ...

Government lagging on super policy: Labor

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... the FSC BT Political Breakfast series, Jim Chalmers, shadow minister for financial services and super, shadow minister for sport and shadow assistant minister for investment and productivity listed adequacy, tax concessions and the gender gap as the ...

Melbourne and Perth to receive a $25m arts education initiative

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... Initiative. In its first year, the National Philanthropic Fund provided significant support to over 80 programs in art, music and sport. As well as promoting creativity most of these programs are education focused, using art as the vehicle to engage ...

Future Generation LIC appoints CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... skill and generosity of our fund managers," Walsh said. A former solicitor at Allens, Walsh has spent most of her career in sport, arts and culture and the philanthropic sectors. Prior to joining the Future Generation companies, Walsh was chief executive ...

ACE forced to pay $1m for poor Combined sales culture

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from ACE Insurance following an investigation into one of its divisions, Combined Insurance. Under the EU, ACE Insurance is required to appoint an independent expert to review Combined's compliance systems ...