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CBA spearheads push for quantum computing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
CBA is rolling out a simulation of a theoretical quantum computer to demonstrate how it could revolutionise banking and other industries. Unlike a traditional computer, where data is encoded into a binary system of zeroes and ones (bits), a quantum ...

Goldman Sachs launches junk bond ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... and six actively managed ETFs. In October last year, Wall Street Journal reported that junk bond trader at Goldman Sachs, Tom Malafronte, earned more than $US100 million in trading profits for the firm. Only last week Australian investment manager Supervised ...

AIST appoints new CEO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... Scheerlinck has been named in the top position following her role as acting chief executive since the recent departure of Tom Garcia. AIST president David Smith said Scheerlinck has a deep appreciation of the challenges and opportunities facing the superannuation ...

PM Capital LIC director resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
A director of PM Capital's ASX-listed Global Opportunities Fund tendered his resignation. Tom Millner sat on the fund's board since its listing in December 2013. PM Capital thanked him for his contribution and counsel over this period, and said his ...

We have made mistakes: CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's chief executive Ian Narev told a parliamentary inquiry this morning the bank made mistakes and still has a lot of work to do. On day two of the major banks review, Narev fronted the House of Representative's Standing ...

NAB chief promises greater accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Thorburn pledged greater accountability and consequences for those who breach codes of conduct at the second round of the banking inquiry in Canberra on Friday. Thorburn and chief operating officer Anthony ...

AIST names interim chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees named its interim successor to Tom Garcia. AIST executive manager, governance and stewardship Eva Scheerlinck will commence in the role when current chief executive Garcia departs on 10 March. In a ...

Home deposits unwelcome in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... shares concerns about housing affordability for the young but superannuation is not the silver bullet," AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said. "Superannuation is about saving for retirement. It's not a savings pool to be used for any other purpose as ...

Fraser review challenges super board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... recommendations that exceed existing legal and APRA regulatory requirements on Australian super funds. Outgoing AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said the code - modelled and built around the ASX Corporate Governance Principles - reflects the importance ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The times they are a-changin'. Three major central banks - the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - one day after another last week but did many give a hoot? Sure, it was hardly news because all three kept ...