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Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... report in February from Platform, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Friends of the Earth Scotland revealed UK local government pensions held $14 billion in fossil fuel investments last financial year. This equates to about ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... report from campaigners Platform, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Friends of the Earth Scotland reveals UK local government pensions held $14 billion in fossil fuel investments last financial year. The analysis said it ...

NZ Super Fund adds board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... 2018. Prior to that, she spent 11 years as managing director at Citi in both Europe and Asia, and worked at KPMG based in Scotland. She has also worked in London, Hong Kong and Singapore and spent time on transactions in Korea, Thailand and Australia. ...

Macquarie backs medical drone testing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... consortium to develop and trial drones to transport essential medicines, blood, organs and other medical supplies throughout Scotland. The CAELUS (Care & Equity - Logistics UAS Scotland) commenced on 1 December 2021 with the live drone flight trials ...

NAB names RBS alumnus as chief operating officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... Australia after spending six years as chief executive, personal and business banking (UK and Ireland) at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). NAB chief executive Ross McEwan worked closely with Matheson during his time as group chief executive of RBS and said ...

HSBC wealth lead lands chief executive role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... become the group chief executive and executive director of Lloyds Banking Group, overseeing brands such as the Bank of Scotland, Schroders Personal Wealth and Scottish Widows. Incumbent Antonio Horta-Osorio will step down from the group after serving ...

CommSec adds general manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Previous to that role he served as country head for GAIN Capital, and has held a number of senior roles across Royal Bank of Scotland, ABN AMRO Bank, Citi and Deutsche Bank. Westpac recently appointed Smoker's replacement in former BNY Mellon country ...

ASX-listed brokerage appoints managing director

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... Previously, Edgley served as a non-executive director of Praemium for 12 years, and has also spent time with the Royal Bank of Scotland, Greenwich Natwest, and County Natwest in senior roles. Edgley is set to receive a $300,000 pay cheque each year ...

Broker fined for lavish entertainment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... this entertainment was "lavish". The entertainment usually involved drinks and dinners but extended to golf trips to Scotland and other relationship building trips to Monte Carlo, Las Vegas and Ibiza. The relationships between brokers and traders were ...

New NAB chief start date announced

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... chief executive before the year's end. Ross McEwan will step down from his role as chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland on October 31 and commence as chief of NAB onDecember 2 this year. This follows the announcement of his appointment on July ...