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Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... job, the fund announced. When he began, the fund had $21 billion in funds under management following the merger of the Australian Retirement Fund and the Superannuation Trust of Australia and, under Silk's watch, has grown to $225 billion with 2.4 ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
Researchers from the University of New South Wales have issued an alarming report on the state of the Australian housing market, referring to it as a "beast" that is "rampaging through the economy". The researchers are calling for a Royal Commission ...

AFCA welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
An Order of Australia recipient has been named the new chair of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, replacing Helen Coonan. John Pollaers is the new independent chair of AFCA, replacing Coonan, whose tenure comes to an end this month. Coonan ...

ISA chief economist departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... future endeavours." Anthony studied economics at La Trobe University, and started his career with a cadetship at the Australian Taxation Office. He later completed a PhD in economics at La Trobe, and a master's in public policy at Georgetown University ...

State Super appoints academic oversight body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... and earned a PhD in Finance at Louisiana State University, and Antic is head of data science at Australian National University. Reporting to the State Super Management Investment Committee, the AOB will oversee the use of data science and machine learning. ...

Rest appoints three investment specialists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... discretionary strategies across all major asset classes and markets. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Australian National University. Kapur's appointment to the Rest board investment committee was also effective 1 September 2020. Anderson was appointed ...

VFMC chief joins ING board

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... services as an analyst at National Mutual. ING's board is chaired by John Laker, who spent a decade as the chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Other non-executive directors on its board include: Amanda Lacaze (chief executive ...

VFMC director nabs global role

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... deputy chair of Infrastructure Victoria. In the past, she served as the chair of the industry advisory board for the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, the managing director and chair of Franklin Templeton Investments Australia, an associate director ...

First State Super, CEFC back new bond

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
BNP Paribas has issued a $140 million green bond linked to the newly launched Australian Climate Transition Index, subscribed by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and First State Super. The Australian Climate Transition Index (also known as ...

Experts battle for GST reform

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... consider buying future purchases in the present. "Calculations by Peter Varela, an economist at the Australian National University, suggest that the poorest households pay the highest share of their income in GST," he said. "Removing it would eliminate ...