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Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... countries with both strong practices and strong rules. Australia's peers in this group were Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, the US and UK. The 10 governance factors Calvert looked at included accounting ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Global banks have paid out around US$10.5 billion in fines so far this year, with Westpac taking out third place thanks to the AUSTRAC scandal. The research, provided by Finbold, listed the top 10 biggest fines paid by global banks with US institutions ...

COVID-19 propels advisers, incumbents into the future

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
New global research reveals the COVID-19 pandemic has squeezed years of digital transformation into less than two months, but finds that partnerships, innovation and agility will be key for both advisers and institutions to survive and thrive going ...

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... constraint the result has been high inflation." Lowe noted that a number of high profile economists, including former Bank of Israel governor Stanley Fischer, have said central bank financing of government spending may be appropriate in some circumstances. ...

Enquiry into lacklustre employee share schemes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... growth of companies that they are helping build is a cornerstone of innovative economies around the world, like the US and Israel. This is a unique opportunity for the Parliament to potentially transform the lives of a lot of good people." The committee ...

Blockchain startup raises $68m, ordered to return funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... startup, after it raised $68 million through an unregistered "initial coin offering". Enigma MPC, based in San Francisco and Israel, raised approximately $68 million (US$45 million) from the sale of 75 million of its digital coins (called ENG Tokens) ...

AustralianSuper, QIC back investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... will see AustralianSuper senior investments director, infrastructure Derek Chu and QIC head of global infrastructure Ross Israel join the Generate board. "We are delighted to partner with Generate whose customer-centric business model, depth of sector ...

Former Prime Minister joins global investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... leadership council of LeapFrog Investments to provide strategic insight and global networks. Together with Singtel chair Simon Israel and chief executive of Ayala Corporation Jamie Augusto Zobel, Gillard will work to assist LeapFrog's goal to reach one ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... United Kingdom and United States are ranked 17th and 18th in the world respectively. Retirees in the Czech Republic and Israel can expect a better standard of living once they stop work than those in the UK and US. The report shone a special light on ...

NAB looks to boost fintech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The National Australia Bank announced its existing alliance with Bank Leumi of Israel and CIBC will move into fintech with the introduction of the Global Alliance Fintech Link. The Link is an online portal developed to help drive client-focused innovation ...