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Macquarie onboards Westpac's group treasurer

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... take over the group treasurer's role from Frank Kwok who starts the role of chief financial officer at Macquarie Group in January. Kwok has served as the deputy chief financial officer and group treasurer at Macquarie Group since September 2024. Kwok ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... only end his term as chair in May, but also to step down concurrently from the FOMC, despite that term not expiring until January 2028. "Trump is playing with fire in his repeated attempts to pressure the Fed into cutting rates," Bassanese said. "While ...

GQG reports $5.8bn net outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... Charles Falck assumed the role of the company's chief financial officer, after Melodie Zakaluk stepped down effective 1 January 2026. Prior to taking on the new role, Falck was GQG's chief operating officer and was responsible for managing the firm's ...

KKR chief operating officer steps down

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... role as chief operating officer effective immediately. KKR announced the departure of Stork in a regulatory filing dated January 8. In 2021, Stork left his role as deputy chief operating officer at BlackRock to take up the leadership role at KKR in January ...

Global trade a patchwork of relationships, regional priorities: Analysis

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... production over imports. This forecasted decline would be credited to higher tariffs, which have grown from 13% to 61% since January 2025. However, slower trade would not necessarily slow GDP growth if there was a boost in consumption and domestic production ...

Apex to acquire Mercer's super admin business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... with Australian Ethical and, in 2023, ANZ Staff Super. Apex has been ramping up activity in Australia in recent years. In January last year, Iress entered into a binding agreement to sell its superannuation business to Apex. Iress said the decision to ...

First Super chief to join rival as investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... previously chief executive of Guild Trustee Services, a division of Guild Group. When Future Group took over Guild Group in January 2024, he became executive general manager of Guild Super Services. He's also previously served as executive general ...

Temasek joins consortium to acquire Clearwater Analytics

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... largest and fastest-growing technology businesses globally." The consortium has provided a "go-shop" period ending on January 23 in which Clearwater and its special committee and advisers can actively solicit and evaluate alternative proposals. Last ...

Small win for First Guardian victims amid platform transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... the minimum balance requirement will be removed for those members who were solely invested in First Guardian. And, as of January 1, the standard fixed dollar fee has been waived in recognition that "FGMF investments are currently frozen and their value ...

Most read in 2025: Executive appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... TWUSUPER to create a $21 billion fund. Forman took up the new role at Team Super, which was rebranded from Mine Super on 20 January 2025. Forman previously served as Aware Super's group executive of advice for five years. ANZ Staff Super loses investment ...