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PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... company culture and ensuring that culture is instilled in the behaviour from the CEO down, not just in a dusty filing cabinet. "When it comes to peoples conduct, which is what I would call the real culture, that often comes from the top. So not the culture ...

Industry bodies back O'Dwyer reappointment

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
The industry has widely welcomed the reappointment of Kelly O'Dwyer into Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's refreshed cabinet. The former Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business sees her title change to Minister for Revenue and Financial ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... debt, reported the Japan Times. "I want to make it clear that we are not planning to issue [deficit bonds]", said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in an interview Saturday in Tokyo. Pressure for a stimulus package has stepped up following ...

CalPERS appoints interim CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, where he also served for a time as acting secretary. He was also deputy cabinet secretary to former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and assistant director for legislation at the California Department ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... addition of US$18.0 billion and March's US$28.4 billion increase. Japan leading economic index A glimmer of hope? The Cabinet Office reported that Japan's leading economic index rose to a preliminary reading of 100.5 in April from 99.1 in the previous ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... hasn't worked. Just last week, finance minister Aso declared that sharp currency movements are undesirable while chief Cabinet secretary Suga warned that Japan would act if necessary. Continued yen appreciation could force the BOJ to make good on its ...

Renewed calls to remove super from political cycle

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... Association National Conference in Adelaide that included the industry body's head of policy Jordan George, former Labor Cabinet Minister Craig Emerson and professor of finance at Monash University Deborah Ralston. George tabled the idea that reviews ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Japan's Cabinet Office reported that consumer confidence stood at 42.7 in December. While this is much higher than market expectations for a 42.3 print, it's only a slight improvement from the previous month's 42.6 reading. The overall index is derived ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is "proceeding and close to completion," despite the recent Liberal spill and cabinet reshuffle. Morrison addressed the media along with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and also confirmed that "there has ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet reshuffle brings new faces and a new structure to the government's top economy, finance and business ministries. Social Services Minister Scott Morrison was appointed Treasurer, while Finance Minister Mathias ...