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Former Cbus chief takes prime role at AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... merger with Cbus ). He joins AMP Capital at a time when it faces a cultural fallout from harassment claims against executive Boe Pahari, backlash from institutional investors including industry funds, and an unsolicited acquisition offer from US manager ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... leave latter this year. Their late August resignations followed revelations of harassment claims against AMP Capital boss Boe Pahari. Kristen Le Mesurier, who managed the AMP Capital Ethical Leaders funds also resigned at the same time and has since ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... firms and households face very high levels of uncertainty, leading to higher precautionary saving and deferred investment." BOE governor Andrew Bailey also acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding the UK central bank's forecasts and therefore, the ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... into play. Renewed lockdown measures in England - starting November 5 - have prompted the government and the Bank of England (BOE) into action. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the extension of the government's furlough scheme ...

The rate that stops the nation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
Prior to the horses hitting the track many economists are betting on a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia's board today to a new historical low of 0.10%. Finder's RBA cash rate survey found 67% of economists believe the central bank will cut ...

Chief economist update: The UK's new plan... after two plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... year, that was itself followed by the "Winter Economic Plan" declared in late September. For its part, the Bank of England (BOE) has left the monetary policy door open for negative interest rates and more QE. The UK might be able to contain the second ...

Sexual harassment rife in financial services: O'Neill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... the Senator said she was disturbed after hearing of the alleged harassment suffered by Julia Szlakowski when working with Boe Pahari. "She gave a truly horrifying recount of her experience at one of the biggest companies in the country that is critical ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... period of intense criticism at AMP after sexual harrassment allegations were made against former AMP Capital chief executive Boe Pahari. AMP Australia chief executive Alex Wade also departed suddenly, which the AFR later reported was in response to allegations ...

AMP flags redundancies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... along with massive efforts to overhaul its culture, which was put under the spotlight following the controversial demotion of Boe Pahari and the departure of Alex Wade. The group's chief executive Francesco De Ferrari said he is sticking to his three-year ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... policies in light of the #MeToo movement. AMP Capital for example, has come under fire amid accusations fired against executive Boe Pahari.