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Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... quarter and declined over the year, according to the latest figures from the Productivity Commission. Productivity Commission deputy chair Alex Robson said Australia's productivity problem is no flash in the pan, calling it a "long-term, structural challenge". ...

JANA executive jumps to Channel

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... management. During his near two decades with the asset consultant, he served as head of portfolio construction and risk and deputy chair of the investment committee. Commenting, Channel's managing director, Glen Holding, said the timing was perfect. ...

Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... responsible entity must have measures in place for ensuring it complies with its obligations as an AFS licensee," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "These include having adequate governance controls and procedures to ensure that disclosures made in ...

CareSuper chief member officer to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
CareSuper will soon bid farewell to its chief member officer, as it welcomes a new deputy chair and two board directors. Jean-Luc Ambrosi is leaving CareSuper in August after three years with the fund. He joined CareSuper from TelstraSuper, where he'd ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... forward to participating in the summit and contributing constructive and sensible ideas to address the problem." Opposition deputy leader Ted O'Brien said Albanese has actively sought to undermine productivity by abolishing structures to drive it - such ...

Treasury welcomes new leader

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... since September 2019. Wilkinson brings a range of experience in the Australian public service sector; she was previously Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group of the Treasury and the Parliamentary Budget Officer between 2017 and 2020. She also held other senior ...

ASIC sues Australian Unity for TMD failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... to offer retail investors access to varied investment opportunities, while meeting related regulatory obligations." ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said the Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO) are there to help make sure consumers get appropriate ...

Super funds to take stock of information security controls

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... dark web, with a select number of members having their retirement savings stolen. In a letter to super fund chairs, APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole said that although it "has consistently emphasised the importance of robust cybersecurity, it is clear ...

Australian Ethical names head of equities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... investment performance. He brings more than 30 years' experience across Australian financial markets, including as deputy head of equities, portfolio manager and equities analyst at Perpetual. Parkin was most recently the investment director and ...

Netwealth chair to retire, successor appointed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... Global Governance Council and Global Risk Executive Committee, and later as a non-executive director. Wachtel is currently deputy chair and a non-executive director of eco-friendly packager PACT Group and a non-executive director of Seek. He also serves ...