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Climate crisis tops list of risks for 2020s

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... biodiversity loss and human-made environmental disasters are set to dominate 2020 and the coming decade. World Economic Forum president Borge Brende said we need to act now. "The political landscape is polarized, sea levels are rising and climate fires ...

Former RBC I&TS lead joins tech firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... and was chief executive of the original RBC Dexia joint venture. Before joining RBC in 2009, Travers was senior vice president and managing director of State Street Australia. McDonald said Travers' vision for the company is consistent with that of its ...

US private investment firm appoints first Aussie partner

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... managing director to senior adviser on moving back to the US. Sydney-based Charles Lawson has also been promoted from vice-president to principal at Bain Capital, and will help Murphy lead Bain Capital's private equity operations in Australia. Lawson ...

Sunsuper welcomes new board directors

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... and a director of Industry Super Australia, ISPT and the Mother's Day Classic Foundation. Wood was formerly the president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, as well as the assistant secretary of the Australian Services Union ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... for the year ahead, a small rise from last year's estimated 2.4%. However, for this to happen, the World Bank's vice president of equitable growth, finance and institutions Ceyla Pazarbasioglu said things have to go to plan. "Following a year during ...

La Trobe, State Super donate to bushfire appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... split between the Salvation Army Disaster Appeal and the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief Recovery Fund. La Trobe president and chief executive Greg O'Neill said: "We express our deepest sympathies to people who have suffered tremendous loss as a ...

Gold lifts as US, Iran tensions escalate

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... to bullion, mining shares and gold-backed ETFs to safeguard their wealth. Fuel was added to gold's fire after US President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iranian cultural sites if Tehran carried out revenge attacks on the US, stoking fears of ...

Former Challenger executive joins ASX board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... management and asset management businesses. He started his career at Bankers Trust Australia, becoming executive vice-president and head of equity derivatives. Woods will be replaced as chair of ASX Clear by Stephen Knight, who was previously chief executive ...

Acadian taps CFS executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... Mukundan has joined the $140 billion quantitative firm's Australian office in a newly created role. He joins as vice president product and wholesale markets, in a move designed to help the firm grow its presence among financial advisers and wholesale ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... tensions between the two nations, the eulogist at General Suleimani's funeral has called for an $80 million bounty on US President Donald Trump. "Iran has 80 million inhabitants. Based on the Iranian population, we want to raise $80 million, which is ...