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Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... business owner than a public servant, a judge, a politician, including, might I say, the prime minister himself and the secretary of treasury," Taylor said. "For those lucky enough to have a defined benefit scheme, they will enjoy deferred payments and ...

Commonwealth Bank slapped with $10.3m fine for wage theft

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... important in acting as a deterrent to companies that bake in fines as the cost of doing business," she said. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano slammed the bank for knowing exactly what it was doing but refusing to acknowledge that its employment ...

Legalsuper investment strategy lead departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... start-up venture capital funds, investment consulting, and managing multi-asset portfolios. She is a board member and secretary of the CFA Society of Melbourne, a member of the Policy Committee for Women in Super, a member of the Senior Investing Peer ...

Vale John Quessy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
Former NGS Super trustee director and Independent Education Union (IEU) secretary John Quessy has passed away. Quessy served as a director and alternative director for nearly 20 years at the industry fund, until he retired this year. "Our heartfelt ...

UK to overhaul advice affordability, access

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... The FCA's Financial lives survey found that only 8% of consumers received full financial advice in 2022. Economic secretary to the treasury Bim Afolami said the gap between holistic financial advice that is unaffordable for many, and guidance that ...

RBA names new chief economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... forward, the treasurer will make appointments to the RBA board from a shortlist compiled by a panel that includes the secretary to the Treasury, the RBA governor, and an independent third party.

Former Schroders executive enters VC space

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... Sachs Asset Management, and Tore Myrholt, former EMEA chair of McKinsey. The advisory board includes: Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers, former co-manager of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust at Baillie Gifford James Anderson, Schroders' ...

IFM Investors, UK government seal $19bn investment pact

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... funds to invest to help mitigate system-level risks such as climate change," he said. Meanwhile, UK Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said that IFM's investment is important for the UK's energy and infrastructure sectors. He said the increasing ...

Aware Super commits $10bn investment from new London base

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... and Business and the City of London were also compelling factors in our decision to invest here." Business and Trade secretary Kemi Badenoch also commented saying: "This £5 billion from Aware Super is a huge boost for UK infrastructure, property and ...

SEC sues Kraken exchange again

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... here should be clear, using new technology to break the law does not make you a disruptor, it makes you a criminal." Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen added that Binance turned a blind eye to its legal obligations in the pursuit of profit. "Its ...