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Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... process was recently named the Best Fixed Income Firm Initiative for ESG Investment Process by the UK's Environmental Finance Sustainable Investment Awards. SPECTRUM identifies investments based on criteria that support climate action and attains ...

IOOF establishes super trustee office

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... of the group audit committee, and would add a range of qualities to the board. "Michelle will bring deep and relevant finance, risk and governance experience to the board, having worked in the financial services industry in both her KPMG and non-executive ...

EY bolsters financial services law team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... Australia this month as a partner in its financial services law division to help boost the firm's offering to the local finance sector. Bentley, who chairs the Australian regulatory committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association, will ...

AMP Capital restructures real estate arm

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... estate Merran Edwards has been appointed chief financial officer of the real estate division, which will see her lead the finance, global strategy, business planning, strategic planning and risk functions. Chief operating officer Kylie O'Connor is set ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
In his outing before the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on August 9, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe practically gave his nod of approval in Financial Standard 's clear as the crystal ball's ...

Tasmanian super funds seek insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... eight-year period, expected to start July 2020. Superannuation Commission (a branch of the department of Treasury and Finance) is the trustee of the Retirement Benefits Fund which has five sub-funds including SFCSS and TASSS. Both funds are defined benefit ...

Rural FM dupes investors: Short-seller

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... claimed. It believes RFF artificially inflated its figures to raise cash from the capital markets for two reasons: to finance a 76% payout ratio to shareholders, and siphon assets into RFM that would advantage management personally. The "largest nefarious ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... that, a Bloomberg report (dated July 23) shows that it's already preparing for the worst. "In a paper presented to finance minister Grant Robertson in January and later released under the OIA, Treasury suggests three non-standard measures would be ...

Westpac fined over reporting failure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... the maximum financial penalty it can for failing to meet reporting obligations. Westpac and its subsidiaries St George Finance Holdings and Capital Finance Australia will pay more than $1.5 million after breaching requirements of the Financial Sector ...

Fintech off to slow start in 2019: KPMG

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... scrutiny by the government, according to the report. Still, less mature areas of fintech, including microfinance and consumer finance, are growing rapidly in China, and major strides were made in Hong Kong with the issuance of eight virtual banking licenses. ...