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Allegro unveils PwC entity as Scyne Advisory

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
Embattled PwC's Australian public sector advisory business will remerge as Scyne Advisory following its takeover from private equity firm Allegro Funds. Allegro funds confirmed the new business, which it acquired for $1, will be fully independent ...

RIAA chief executive to exit

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... chief executive James Alexander will take over the role. The new RIAA chief executive will take over the role of GSIA committee member so that the organisation can continue its international engagement. "The work we do in Australia and New Zealand is ...

ASX provides clarity on CHESS replacement

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
Responding to suggestions made at the Parliamentary Joint Committee (Committee) on Corporations and Financial Services, the ASX has confirmed no decisions have been made in relation to the CHESS replacement. In a letter to Committee chair Senator Deborah ...

Family office manager names first chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... Derrington. whom he has observed and been impressed with "for a number of years now." He also noted the group's investment committee, led by former QIC and TelstraSuper chief investment officer Jim Christensen. "They're fiercely inquisitive and ...

Rest appoints WTW as asset consultant

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
The super fund has appointed Willis Towers Watson (WTW) as its asset consultant to the board and board investment committee. The appointment will commence on July 1 and follows a competitive tender process that began in October 2022. Rest said JANA ...

IFM Investors names chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... independent director. Bowtell, who currently serves as the group's deputy chair, chair of the people and remuneration committee and member of the IFM board's audit and risk committee, has been a director of the industry super fund-owned global ...

New inquiry targets audit sector following PwC scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
... Australia's audit sector has been launched following PwC's tax leak scandal. Undertaken by the Joint Standing Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Senator Deborah O'Neill advised the inquiry will review Australia's big four ...

Senate report labels PwC breach calculated, deliberate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
Despite the inquiry continuing, a Senate committee has concluded that PwC deliberately covered up the actions of its staff and the plans to monetise the confidential information at the heart of its tax leaks scandal. A report published by the committee ...

Soros hands the reins to son

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... Alexander. Specifically, the 37-year-old heir will lead Soros' charitable Open Society Foundations and political action committee, confirmed by the new successor in an interview the Wall Street Journal. Open Society Foundations is active in more ...

Federal Reserve holds rates steady

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... Federal Reserve has chosen to keep the current target range for the federal funds rate at 5-5.25%. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) opted to hold the funds rate steady, citing the need to assess additional information and its implications for ...