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UK pension funds to be hit hard over negligence

HARRISON WORLEY | WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019

... of a wider reform package put forward in response to consultation on enhancing the powers of the pensions regulator. Amber Rudd, the UK's Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said bosses who put the futures of their employees at risk have got away ...

Prominent executive links with VFMC board

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018

Victorian Funds Management Corporation is strengthening its board with the appointment of a prominent financial services executive. The Victorian public sector fund manager is welcoming Fiona Trafford-Walker to its board, in a move designed to deepen ...

Alternatives specialist boosts leadership

HARRISON WORLEY | TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018

An alternative investments firm has added to its distribution capabilities and made four appointments to its small team. Brookvine is expanding as the firm experiences greater interest in its alternative and niche investment strategies. Former CQS head ...

Personal tax cuts lead the Budget

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018

... foreign companies will no longer get tax breaks over Australian companies - calling it "another tax loophole opened up by the Rudd Government." The government also wants digital companies to pay up their taxes. "Over the past year I have been working ...

Budget big picture: Surplus on radar

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018

... billion over the same period. When the coalition government was elected in 2013, net Government debt was $160 billion; when the Rudd government was elected in 2007 Australia didn't have a net government debt but had $24 billion in the bank. This illustrates ...

Industry leaders join Prospa board

HARRISON WORLEY | MONDAY, 9 APR 2018

Two prominent female financial services executives have joined the board of online small business lender Prospa. Gail Pemberton and Fiona Trafford-Walker have been appointed as independent non-executive directors, while current director Greg Ruddock ...

Tax breaks delivered to first home buyers

EMMA RAPAPORT | TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017

... young families delaying the purchase of their first home," budget documents say. While the scheme is loosely based on the Rudd government's first home saver account that were introduced in 2008 but abandoned by the Abbott government, this new scheme ...

Citi appoints government affairs head

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017

... Financial Services Council. He has also been a government relations manager at PwC, a senior adviser at the Office of Kevin Rudd, a Treasury economist and principal policy analyst at Treasury and Finance Tasmania. Bond's appointment follows the news ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017

... Partnership (TPP) as promised... all within a week in office. He's a businessman and not a politician after all. Think Kevin Rudd, think Julia Gillard, think Tony Abbot, think Malcolm Turnbull - pick one who hasn't gone back on campaign pledges. The ...

PROFILE: Industry Super Australia chief economist Stephen Anthony

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016

... downturn. [All] that work actually became the three Ts approach - temporary, targeted and timely - that underpinned Kevin Rudd's response during the Global Financial Crisis. I was very proud of that work," Anthony says. He then moved to the department ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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