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BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... objectives and alignments with climate-focused initiatives as well as other policy-oriented goals. Tennessee attorney general Jonathan Skrmetti, who filed the "first-of-its-kind" legal case in December 2023, accused BlackRock of misleading consumers ...

TPG co-founder David Bonderman dies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... worked as an assistant professor at Tulane University School of Law before becoming Special Assistant to the US Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division in the late 1960s. There, he litigated many racial discrimination cases before moving into securities ...

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
... superannuation splitting orders, including the simplification of forms required to be submitted to super funds. The Attorney General should also develop an "administrative mechanism to enable swift identification of financial information, including superannuation ...

BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued over climate stance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... their climate activism violated antitrust laws and caused reduced coal production and higher energy prices. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a case with the Federal Court in Tyler, Texas, claiming the institutions "conspired to artificially constrict ...

Cbus recruits chief risk officer from Crown

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... banking. Georgiou also held roles in the public and government sector, including as a ministerial adviser for the Attorney General. Martin left Cbus late last year after nearly 11 years to join UniSuper in February. Cbus deputy chief executive Marianne ...

State supports move to close super loophole exploited by paedophiles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... abuse. The Legislative Council unanimously supported the motion from shadow assistant minister to the shadow attorney general Laura Henderson, which called on the Malinauskas government to urge its federal counterparts to adopt a policy to change superannuation ...

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' ...
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