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Aware Super adds government relations head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... and at Sunsuper as executive general manager strategy, education and external relations. Forbes also spent several years in NSW Treasury, where she was director of the commercial policy and risk team and worked for Commonwealth Treasury. "As an economist ...

Westpac to face court over insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... entities. The allegations relate to the consortium's majority stake in Ausgrid, which it purchased from the NSW government in 2016. The consortium signed the deal at about 7am on 20 October 2016, taking control of 50.4% of the electricity provider. ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger will go ahead

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... members' needs today and the long-term." Reilly was appointed chief of Sunsuper in October 2019. Prior to that, he worked at NSW Treasury Corporation and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Reilly has committed to the role of the merged entity until ...

MetLife appoints former Premier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... former Labor leader and Premier of New South Wales (from 2008 to 2009). He has also worked at both the Commonwealth and State (NSW) levels, as policy adviser and minister. In his new role at MetLife Rees will be responsible for working with government ...

NSW pocketed $10bn from ERS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... work until 74. A 30-year-old female would need to work an extra eight years or have $150,000 less at retirement. "The government's Retirement Income Review did not model the impacts to the Federal Budget or the retirement adequacy impacts of the three ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... Herald, one man was even arrested and charged in the Pilliga forest for trespassing in Santos' construction site there. NSW Farmers is also against the project - concerned it risks water, soil and air quality and could present a threat to food production ...

Land tax favourable over stamp duty: Survey

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... and economists surveyed by Finder found nine in 10 were in favour of the proposed ditching of stamp duty. In November, the NSW state government announced it will lead the way on tax reform with its plan to make stamp duty optional, granting homeowners ...

Home ownership shouldn't be at expense of super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... "Reforming that would remove a massive barrier to young people entering the market. So, that is a great thing the NSW government is doing at the moment. "It is far more sensible to look at barriers, like stamp duty, than loading up the pension system ...

NSW budget boosts TCorp loans

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... infrastructure spend by the government, as well as measures taken for COVID-19 response, recovery and reform, TCorp said. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet presented the state budget on November 17, pledging $107 billion over the next four years to build ...

Mike Baird to chair government fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... months, after leaving his role with NAB in May. It is not yet clear whether he will step down from that role. He was Premier of NSW from 2014 to 2017. Prior to entering politics, he was head of corporate and institutional banking at HSBC and global relationship ...