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Cbus appoints member director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... on the Construction Long Service Leave Board (CLSB). In these roles Gordon reviews investment performance, strategy, and risk and compliance. He is also the chair of the Manufacturing and Automotive Industry Skills Council and an SA Skills Commission ...

FCA fines Neil Woodford, WIM $94m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... enforcement and market oversight Steve Smart said. "Neither Neil Woodford nor Woodford Investment Management did so, putting at risk the money people had entrusted them with." Woodford and WIM have referred the FCA's decision notices to the Upper ...

CFS taps JPMAM for private equity push

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... co-investments on behalf of CFS. This will have a focus on small- and mid-market buyout transactions that offer attractive risk and return characteristics, CFS chief investment officer Jonathan Armitage said, adding that appointing JPMAM for its inaugural ...

PC recommends switch to digital financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
An interim report from the Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended Australian companies switch to digital financial reporting to allow for data to be better extracted. The report looked at how Australia can better harness the data contained in ...

APRA slaps $5.5m capital penalty on KeyInvest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
APRA has placed an additional $5.5 million capital requirement and additional licence conditions on KeyInvest over risk framework flaws and questionable long-term objectives. KeyInvest is a life insurance company and friendly society that primarily ...

HESTA snags Equip Super risk chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
HESTA has named its new chief of risk, recruiting from Equip Super. Natalie Alford will join HESTA as chief risk officer on November 3 after an eight-year tenure at Equip Super as chief risk officer. At HESTA, Alford will support the group's risk ownership ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
The Productivity Commission (PC) has published an interim report setting out key reforms to investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transition. The PC said Australia needs to address the gaps and overlaps in emissions reduction incentives ...

Chalmers unveils Economic Reform Roundtable agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
From August 19 to 21 the government will hold the Economic Reform Roundtable to seek views on how to address productivity and Budget sustainability in Australia. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set out the three-day agenda which will focus on resilience ...

Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... executive Blake Briggs said in considering whether and how to determine a special levy, the minister "should have regard to the risk of entrenching further moral hazard into the scheme through underwriting investment losses, the financial sustainability ...

Return to office mandates to harm firms, careers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Return to office mandates will have a detrimental impact on companies' ability to retain and attract talent, with a specialist recruiter saying the career aspirations of women and Gen Z will also be heavily impacted. An in-depth review by Parity ...