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Equip Super welcomes new chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), St. George Bank, the New South Wales Treasury, the Australian Government Department of Finance, The GPT Group, and Suncorp Group. Currently, he serves as Heritage and People's Choice chair, Resolution Capital ...

Hostplus member experience lead to exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Hostplus member experience lead Paul Watson has announced his resignation after 12 years with the fund. Watson joined Hostplus in 2011 as executive manager, member and consumer choice. He's held several group executive roles since, before taking ...

Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... respondents, being the Commonwealth of Australia, the Australian Office of Financial Management chief executive, and the Department of Treasury secretary. Other bond investors have also been invited to put forward their views on the settlement, which ...

Mortgage holders, retailers relax after rate pause

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... can expect further leasing cost increases and other rising costs of doing business. "For the first time this year, department stores, clothing, footwear and accessories and other retailing joined household goods in the realm of a year-on-year spending ...

Mayfair 101 calls for senate inquiry into ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... may have been what triggered the regulator's investigation. Chester and Hempton previously worked together at the Department of Treasury in the 1990s. According to a timeline of events, less than 24 hours after the email was sent, an ASIC staff member ...

UK pensions tapped to strengthen local startups

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... create long term value." The need for consolidation in the UK pensions sector has been growing in recent years, with the Department for Work and Pensions even citing developments in the Australian super sector back in 2021 as an example of what's ...

Federal Reserve plans upping capital requirements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... Group chief restructuring officer William Kosturos said at the time. The embattled bank was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation and the FDIC was named receiver. The FDIC transferred all deposits-both insured and uninsured-and ...

RBA deputy governor joins Westpac

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... economists, following six years as the RBA's deputy governor and eight years heading up its financial stability department. Previously, she served as a deputy head of the Economic Analysis Department and spent almost two years on secondment at the ...

Cbus appoints chief executive, deputy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... of member and employer experience. Before that she was the executive director of customer support at Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services. "Administering superannuation funds has increased in complexity as funds have expanded, and Marianne ...

Cheques to wind down by 2030: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
Archaic payment systems could soon be a thing of the past following government plans to wind down outdated methods like cheques. Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down a five-point strategic plan yesterday in front of the Australian Banking Association ...