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Super SA names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
The $37 billion public sector fund selected its new chief executive, some nine months on from Dascia Bennett's departure. Dini Soulio has taken on the role following almost a decade as South Australia's commissioner for consumer affairs, commissioner ...

SEC sues Kraken exchange again

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... exchange and Zhao for lying to regulators and mishandling billions of investor dollars. Following the verdict, attorney general Merrick Garland said Binance became the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange in part because of the crimes it committed. ...

Government cracks down following PwC scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... system and capital markets strong," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a joint statement with the finance minister, attorney general and assistant treasurer. "We're also cracking down on the scourge of multinational tax avoidance and making sure multinationals ...

More pension funds, insurers impacted by MOVEit mass-hack

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... including social security details - accessed. Meanwhile, Wilton Reassurance Life Company of New York notified the Attorney General of Maine that the information of 1.48 million customers was stolen. In some good news, the Sacramento County Employees' ...

ISA welcomes back former chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... Sydney Financial Forum. He has also had a 22-year-long career with the NSW Parliament, serving as s treasurer, attorney general, health and arts minister as well as as leader of the opposition. Collins has chaired several public boards including, Australian ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... rules that would allow US-based retirement plans to consider ESG factors in their investment processes. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes are leading the suit, which alleges that the rules change violates the Employee ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... practices. DeSantis and the two other trustees of the SBA, state chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis, and state Attorney General Ashley Moody, directed their fund managers to invest "without considering the ideological agenda of the environmental ...

WA introduces new super laws for de facto couples

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
... of Australia, ensuring that de facto couples are longer discriminated against. Commenting, Western Australia attorney general John Quigley said: "WA has finally joined all other Australian jurisdictions in allowing separating de facto couples to split ...

Chalmers sworn in as treasurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... and Amanda Stoker. Katy Gallagher was also sworn in this morning as finance minister, minister for women and attorney general. Also sworn in today were Richard Marles was deputy prime minister and Penny Wong as foreign affairs minister. Marles has yet ...

Class action consultation opens

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... to Australia's continuous disclosure rules and will consult on the remaining recommendations. Frydenberg and attorney general Michaelia Cash will focus on Recommendation 20 which proposes a guaranteed minimum rate of return for class action members. ...
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