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Nuveen bolsters APAC team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
The $1 trillion investment manager is strengthening its presence in the Asia Pacific region with several senior appointments and changes to its leadership team. Nuveen managing director Louise Kavanagh is taking on the dual role of head of funds management ...

Remembering Susan Ryan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... time in superannuation, and what she is best known for, Ryan enjoyed a successful career in politics as a key member of the Hawke government and the first woman to hold a Cabinet post in a Labor government. Over the years, Ryan also served as Minister ...

Macquarie director departs

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
A Macquarie director has announced he will retire after more than a decade of service at the group, as he sets his eyes on other board positions that draw on his substantial experience in the industry. Michael Hawker will step down from the boards of ...

Mercy Super appoints new chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
Corporate fund Mercy Super has appointed a new chief executive. Wendy Tancred joined Mercy Super in April from Davidson Consulting, where she was also chief executive. Before that, she was Queensland state head of financial planning at BT Financial ...

Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... could have done without it," he said. The decision to reverse the abolition of negative gearing for property investors - Hawke/Keating, 1987 In 1985, then-treasurer Paul Keating abolished negative gearing for all future property investors. It was intended ...

$1m does not make you rich, Australians say

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... nearly half of those surveyed believing the government should do more to help middle class families. "Whether it be the Hawke/Keating super reforms of the 80s and 90s, or the 2006 Howard-era Future Fund, both sides of politics have made substantial contributions ...

Government using super as "petri dish": Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... at the moment," Turnbull said. During the matter of public importance debate, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, Alex Hawke, questioned Chalmers' raising of the issue "when his main point is that the government is bringing Australia into line with ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... opportunities for Australia's financial services industry. It builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan and most of Europe in signing an agreement with China. ...

Widen access to PLS, say cross-bench senators

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... government and opposition to back legislation to broaden access to the Pension Loan Scheme (PLS). The PLS, established by the Hawke government in 1983, is a reverse mortgage scheme that allows people of pension age to access an income stream by borrowing ...

UBS joins mFund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... improve investor access to a broad and growing range of managed funds," UBS head of execution and clearing services Michael Hawke said. ASX manager, wealth management services Chan Arambewela added: "UBS has an extensive distribution network covering ...