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Government puts stopper on Future Fund drawdowns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... increased public debt interest expenses. The Budget statement also noted an increase in staff at the Future Fund Management Agency, bringing the total number from 138 to 167. This increase, the statement said, reflected "staff needed for upgrading investment ...

New CFO for Vanguard Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... financial operations at both a management and statutory level, as well as fund accounting, administration and transfer agency services for Vanguard Australia's managed funds and separately managed accounts. "Johanna brings valuable experience to Vanguard ...

EQT appoints former Deutsche Bank VP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... Kalman said. "We will be rounding out our services to include debenture/note trusteeship, security trusteeship, escrow agency, property and special custody, as well as other CTS and bespoke corporate trust transactions." The CTS team also hopes to expand ...

SG non-payment is an 'easy fix': ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... coverage to all employees or tighten enforcement and penalty regimes, he said. "Both the senate committee and an inter-agency group established by the Financial Services Minister have been working on this for five months. The ducks should be lined up ...

AUSTRAC launches tool to help advisers fight terrorism

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
Financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC is releasing a guide to help financial advisers combat serious financial crimes, including financing for terrorism. The guide follows on from the report AUSTRAC released in December last year which determined there ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... Australian fund, Local Government Super, tops the climate risk management charts. This is followed by the UK's Environment Agency Pension Fund, New York State Common Retirement Fund, First State Super, Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP and Pensioenfonds Zorg ...

MAX Awards launch Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... of the Year Social Media Campaign of the Year Video Campaign of the Year Digital Marketing Campaign of the Year Creative Agency of the Year Agency Executive of the Year - Financial Services Agency of the Year - Financial Services Financial Services App ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... policy statement: "The Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... sheet tapering, "The Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities ...

Largest Aussie single solar project deal sealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... of power purchase agreements and grant funding, with the Whitsunday solar farm receiving an Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) large-scale solar grant, and also a 20-year contract with the Queensland Government. Similarly, the Gannawarra solar ...