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From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... geopolitical risk will move up the list of things that could unstable markets everywhere. "If you look at the rise in terrorism, if you look at issues such as North Korea, China and US relations will recur and create all sorts of wobbles in investment ...

The Art of War

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... China imports and warns about the Fed dispensing free money. The Obama-Hu gabfest produced statements on climate change, terrorism, cultural exchanges, nuclear weapons, etc. But there was silence on exchange rates and interest rates. The closest they ...

AUSTRAC to probe anti-money laundering breaches

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... undertakings from Barclays Bank PLC and Mega International Commercial Bank Co for breaching anti-money laundering and counter terrorism laws. An AUSTRAC statement said BarCap, the local office of Barclays Bank, acknowledged it breached provisions of ...

AUI and DirectPortfolio adopt AML service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... plans to enhance the product to electronically submit applications to AUSTRAC. The Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act received Royal Assent in 2006. The legislation covers the finance sector, gambling sector, bullion dealing and ...

New tech counters terrorist attacks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... requirements to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and specialist financial intelligence unit. "For the last several years, regulation has required ...

Debt trumps terrorism as top threat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... Australians are more concerned about other people finding out their credit card or debit card details than the threat of terrorism, a reversal of the trend post September 11, according to a new study. The Unisys Security Index measures the level of concern ...

Anti-terrorism ins board names new director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
Patricia Azarias has been appointed to the anti-terrorism insurance Board of the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation. The ARPC administers the Government's terrorism insurance scheme by providing reinsurance cover for terrorism risk relating to ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... restrictions because it could negatively affect domestic economic growth. To address national security issues such as terrorism, many countries have begun reviewing investments controlled by foreign countries, including sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Global index firm FTSE Group has chosen to wage its own battle against terrorism by launching a new terror-free index. FTSE has teamed up with terror-free investment screening house Conflict Securities Advisory Group to launch the FTSE CSAG Terror-Free ...

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
A recently released PricewaterhouseCoopers survey reveals that senior executives have replaced terrorism with risk of energy supply as a primary concern in 2008. Leading oil-importing economies that share these concerns meet today in the Swiss resort ...