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Mercer names administration services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... public sector funds, and will also lead the client service teams. Bloch first joined the firm's human resources department in 2004 and returned in May 2010 as a financial advice leader. She was the chief executive of the Financial Planning Association ...

Chief economist update: The (trade) war is back on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... stabilise the economy. According to news and intelligence provider MNI, Sun Guofeng - head of the PBOC monetary policy department - declared: "The central bank will make good use of structural tools, including targeted medium-term lending facility and ...

Board of Taxation reviews granny flat taxes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... granny flat arrangements. The board has recently consulted with stakeholders from within the Government including the Department of Social Services, Department of Human Services and the Attorney-General's Department. Consultations will continue throughout ...

HESTA appoints new director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... employment, governance and discrimination matters. Ismail's previous roles include principal lawyer at the Victorian Department of Education, senior associate at Holding Redlich Lawyers and senior legal officer at the Attorney-General's Department. She ...

NAB announces executive departure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... agribusiness, while NAB looks for a permanent replacement. NAB Group chief executive Philip Chronican said Murphy has led her department through a very challenging period and brought a useful perspective on changing bank culture. Chronican said: "Building ...

CFA Institute settles hiring dispute

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The CFA Institute has settled with the US Department of Justice over the practice of hiring temporary overseas exam graders. The global association of investment professionals will pay a fine of US$321,000 ($446,768) following an investigation into ...

Treasury initiates review post RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... how financial counselling services are funded and co-ordinated. Financial counselling services are provided by the Department of Social Services with a commitment that totals $64 million over 4.5 years. However, the services lean on short-term grant ...

Former AMP senior manager joins platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... ASX-listed property developer Villa World. She also sits on the independent audit and risk committee of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

CBA investigates possible privacy breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
Commonwealth Bank confirmed it is undertaking an investigation into a potential privacy breach that may have seen sensitive medical information of CommInsure claimants accessed by employees in other departments of the bank. As reported by the ABC earlier ...

Vertical integration not to blame

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... "controls" - the balanced scorecard - has been described as flawed in the latest research from Macquarie University's Department of Applied Finance. It says this common industry remuneration metric is not as robust as first thought. It found the balanced ...