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Super funds consider future of PwC contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
Two industry super funds have frozen future contracts with PwC, while others with contracts for audit or other services with the embattled management consultancy are keeping a watchful eye on developments. As reported by Financial Standard, Treasury ...

SEC sues Binance, chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing the world's largest crypto exchange and its chief executive Changpeng Zhao for allegedly lying to regulators and mishandling billions of investor dollars. Binance Holdings, BAM Trading Services, BAM Management ...

Link Group acquires Allens' company secretarial business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Link Group will expand its corporate governance offering through the acquisition of Allens' company secretarial business. Link's company secretarial service is the largest in Australia, but it said the deal will usher in a "significant" new ...

TPB grilled over handling of PwC scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
Fronting a Senate Estimates hearing, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said it has no plans to suspend PwC, nor has it formally considered whether the consultant breached legislative requirements to act honestly and with integrity. Appearing in Canberra ...

US debt ceiling agreement reached

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
An eleventh-hour tentative deal has been struck by US lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a national default disaster. US President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced on Sunday their agreement to raise the $48 trillion (US$31.4 ...

Mercer Super to take on corporate fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
Mercer Super is set to add several hundred million in funds under management by way of another merger, this time with a Melbourne-based corporate superannuation fund. Mercer has confirmed it is undertaking a successor fund transfer with the Holden Employees ...

Treasury hands PwC tax scandal to AFP

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
A formal investigation into the embattled PwC will commence following Treasury's referral to the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Australian Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy announced the matter, in which PwC senior partners shared information ...

BlackRock orders staff four days in office

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
The global fund manager is mandating all employees to return to the office for four days from September this year. BlackRock Australia confirmed reports that the new policy affects all 19,000 staff members living in more than 30 countries. BlackRock ...

Packer donates $7m to mental health research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... Australia to focus exclusively on disorders that involve the brain, emotions, nervous system and thinking processes. "It is no secret that I have struggled with mental health problems in the past," Packer said. "I am a passionate advocate of finding ...

PensionDanmark chief executive to retire

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
Torben Möger Pedersen, the pension fund's first employee and chief executive, will step down from the role after more than 30 years. Pedersen joined PensionDanmark when the organisation was established in 1992. Beforehand, he served as chief executive ...