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CalSTRS appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... portfolio companies, partners and the industry," he said. Before joining CalSTRS, Chan was senior managing director of the University of California, Office of the chief investment officer of the Regents, where he oversaw the US$55 billion global equities ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... candidates without lowering standards. It's crucial that the qualification requirements maintain the importance of a university degree and the proposals support that, she said. "The current qualification framework works really well for a number of participants. ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... investment in OpenAI, the public nevertheless remains sceptical about AI's benefits. A survey by KPMG Australia and the University of Queensland, involving 17,000 people across 17 countries, found that Australians are among the most cautious regarding ...

Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Stronger Medicare in every community. More homes in every state and territory. More opportunities in every TAFE and University. A dignified retirement for older Australians." Social security deeming rates for financial investments will remain at current ...

Former super fund adviser receives permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Financial Adviser Register, Dzawo held a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting, Finance and Financial Planning) from Deakin University and held no industry association memberships.

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... was dismissed for publicly opposing the Vietnam War but soon became head of the mathematics department at Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New York system. Simons left academia to start Monometrics in 1978, later renamed Renaissance ...

Scott Farquhar steps down from Atlassian

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... role when he steps down on August 31. Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes co-founded Atlassian in 2001 after meeting at the University of New South Wales. Cannon-Brookes said he had known Farquhar for nearly three decades and had "experienced every major life ...

ASFA appoints new policy head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... governments. Most recently, James has worked as a government engagement specialist in the Vice-Chancellor's office at the University of Sydney." Koval said he welcomed the opportunity to lead ASFA's extensive policy and research program, which he said ...

Frontier promotes four staff members

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... Adelaide-based presence, where she has helped build a strong and growing pool of South Australian clients. These include the University of Adelaide, Return to Work SA and Perks Private Wealth. Purkis has risen quickly through the ranks having joined ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... D-Day invasion. When he was 15, a vocational test suggested he become a psychologist and he graduated from the Hebrew University in 1954 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and mathematics. Kahneman went on to get his doctorate in psychology from ...
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