Towards the end of his nine-year stint at Goldman Sachs in Asia, James Shipton, the new chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, had an epiphany.
"I was proud of trying to help societies and economies, but I did ask myself the question, where do I fit into the broader diaspora and the broader perspective of finance?" he said in a moment of introspection during the ASIC Annual Forum on Monday.
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