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GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Beating consensus estimates, the Australian GDP rose 0.8% in Q1 and 3.3% year on year. While more positive than expected, the latest figures represented a slowdown from the 3.4% GDP growth realised last quarter. Barclays said the most recent GDP numbers ...

BT answers advisers' top tax time questions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
BT has released its hottest end of financial year tips for advisers; in the mix this year are changes to downsizer contributions, the super guarantee and minimum pension drawdowns. BT Technical Services fields over 2000 queries from financial advisers ...

Natixis appoints to management committee

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
With these new appointments, Natixis Investment Management seeks to bolster its client service through enhanced global coordination, increased focus, and broader representation of key customer segments, including ESG considerations, it said. Joining ...

Yellen forebodes stagflation risks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
In Bonn, Germany, US secretary of the treasury Janet Yellen has called the global economic outlook challenging and uncertain; stagflation effects have depressed output and spending, she added. Yellen said the US understood when Russia invaded Ukraine ...

Foresters appoints chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Foresters Financial has appointed Greg Hanigan as chief risk officer. Hannigan will be based in Melbourne and report to chief executive Emma Sakellaris. Most recently Hannigan worked in risk compliance at IOOF and NAB as a senior risk partner. Before ...

The transforming role of the trustee

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
At the ASFA Conference, HESTA chair Nicola Roxon shared her strong conviction about the role representative trustees have at industry funds. "I think you get incredible insight from these people who are very close to our 400,000 members," she said. ...

Vale Tom McDonald

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
Cbus has honoured a figure central to its creation, and the creation of superannuation in general, Tom McDonald. Cbus chair Wayne Swan said McDonald leaves a unique legacy of nation changing economic reform. "Tom's leadership was key to the creation ...

Parliamentary committee hears KPMG assumed 'conflicting engagements knowingly'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
A public accountability committee that inquired and reported on the Transport Asset Holding Entity (TAHE) has uncovered several damaging findings, including that KPMG engagements were 'rife with conflict'. The TAHE has been the subject of serious accounting ...

Boys' clubs cost companies: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
A new study from Realindex has revealed that higher female executive participation improves company performance, while creating potential returns for investors. Based on a global data set of 2500 large cap companies in 30 countries, tracking performance ...

Westpac now an open book on pay

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
Westpac has informed employees they are now free to discuss their salaries with one another, saying it will no longer enforce confidentiality clauses in contracts. Making the announcement yesterday, Westpac said its decision actually dates back to December ...