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QIC adds to liquid markets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... issuance and funding plans. Prior to this, she held positions with BlackRock, Standard Chartered Bank, Société General and KPMG. QIC's liquid markets group is led by Susan Buckley and provides fixed income and overlay solutions.

AustralianSuper, Club Plus to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... opportunity for our two funds to get to know each other better as we work through the due diligence period." Recent research from KPMG found that ongoing merger activity in Australia's super sector will likely result in just 12 funds managing close ...

Rest offers extra parental leave

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... employers to include superannuation contributions as part of their parental leave," she said. A newly released paper from KPMG recommended that SG contributions should be included in the Commonwealth Paid Parental Scheme so as to combat the widening ...

State Street appoints APAC head of asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
State Street has hired from KPMG to fill the newly created role of head of asset managers segment, Asia Pacific. Neil Macdonald will join the role effective May 14. He will lead State Street's engagement strategy for asset manager clients in Asia ...

KPMG recommends super changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
KPMG says SG contributions should be included in the Commonwealth Paid Parental Scheme, among three recommendations to level the gender gap in the workforce. Its recently published paper Towards a more equal sharing of work says since the 1970s, the ...

Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... in the superannuation sector will see most of Australia's retirement savings managed by just 12 funds, new research shows. KPMG's annual Super Insights report analysed APRA and ATO data and found that once the mergers that have been previously announced ...

New board director at AFIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
The $9 billion LIC has added a former KPMG executive to its board. Australian Foundation Investment Company has appointed Julie Fahey as a non-executive director effective April 22. Fahey spent 10 years at KPMG as a partner, during which her roles included ...

KPMG names chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
KPMG has appointed a long-standing partner as chief executive, taking over from Gary Wingrove. Andrew Yates is currently national managing partner - audit, assurance and risk consulting. Prior to this, he was partner-in-charge for financial services ...

HESTA appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... sector, including as the chief executive of sportsmed hospital and orthopaedics. He was a chartered accountant and worked with KPMG for over 10 years in UK and Australia. Daniel Sims was the chief executive of Ramsay Health Care's Australian operations. ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
The Actuaries Institute has named a partner at KPMG as its new president. Jefferson Gibbs takes over from Hoa Bui, who was appointed to the post in January 2020. Gibbs is a partner at KPMG specialising in general insurance. He joined the firm in October ...