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CA ANZ issues warning over new financial standards body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... aware of the consultation process for the new body, and 69% did not feel there was sufficient opportunity for input. "Treasury's 30-day timeframe for this consultation is not enough for a change of this magnitude. The standards, structures and processes ...

Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... energy is another key challenge for Australia's economic outlook, according to Brian Redican, chief economist of NSW Treasury Corporation, who also spoke at the forum. With LNG markets in decline and coal-fired power stations nearing the end of their ...

Weak whistleblowing protocols risks ethicswashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... on business leaders to maintain safe environments and support employees looking to anonymously report wrongdoing. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Act 2019 broadened the definition of whistleblowers, protects disclosures ...

Green moves: HSBC, ACSI, Minderoo, The Superpower Institute, QLD Office of Social Impact, Terrain NRM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... reality. We can't wait to see the impact Holly will make when she officially joins us." In the public sector, Queensland Treasury has appointed Ben Gales, chief executive of Social Enterprise Finance Australia, to lead the first Office of Social Impact. ...

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... assets. Before this, Garevski was a tutor at Melbourne University and a portfolio analysis intern for the Department of Treasury and Finance in Victoria. Moving to Queensland, Baoqing Gan has joined QIC as an investment risk analyst. Gan is tasked with ...

Canadian pension fund names new CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... month, he will oversee the manager's C$265 billion ($380 billion) portfolio design, overall investment strategy and treasury function. Charbonneau replaces Alexandre Roy, a senior managing director of total fund management, who served as CIO on an ...

Realm House hires from Plato

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Investors before the firm folded into Plato as an alternative income division. He previously worked at Westpac, Axa, Treasury Corp of Victoria, and IFM Investors. Tung is active in the CFA Society as an examiner and mentor. He will report to Realm's ...

FX expert jumps from Insight to HSBC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... passive currency and chief dealer and as head of payments and FX at trading platform AXIchain. He was also manager of treasury sales for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in Australia and a money market dealer at Korea Exchange Bank in London.

Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed the decision at a recent Treasury investor roundtable to progress work towards encouraging greater investment in Australia's renewables transition. The roundtable was for the ...

Watchdog cracks down on climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... and long term," O'Rourke said. ASIC has also released dedicated resources and will continue to release guidance. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Cth) passed Parliament on 9 September 2024 and ...