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New lead for Productivity Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... deputy secretary of Fiscal Group within the Commonwealth Treasury and is a former deputy secretary of the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. In announcing the appointment, Treasurer Scott Morrison said: "I congratulate Mr. Brennan on his appointment ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... discloses the process that's audited by an external party. It was established in 2005 in partnership with the NSW Department of Environment and Conservation and the Victorian Government. Launched in March 2018, ESGI invests in about 174 sustainable international ...

Advisers must tread carefully on PLS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... property. The outstanding loan balance attracts a 5.25% interest rate which compounds fortnightly, charged by the Department of Human Services. The scheme was expanded as part of the Federal Budget earlier this year, allowing all those eligible for the ...

Life insurers should fund medical rehabilitation: MLC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... insurers' premiums are not subject to approval by the Minister for Health; they are also not subject to oversight by the Department of Health and Private Health Insurance Ombudsman. PHA is also recommending that life insurers and private health insurers ...

RBA names new chief information officer

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... Benedict has been serving as the RBA's deputy head, technology services since 2013. Before that, he was senior manager, department of information technology. Prior to the RBA, Benedict held three roles at Westpac: group technology head of strategy and ...

Chief economist update: Can't get enough of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... with the FBI, his own party and his executive team. Just when we thought Trump has forgotten that "other war", the Department of the Treasury released its report entitled "Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United ...

FASEA announces leadership transition

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... education sectors for the past 17 years and will continue as Professor of Finance and Financial Planning in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics at Griffith Business School. "It is essential as we move into the implementation phase of ...

Asset managers gearing for growth in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... demanding greater transparency. In Europe and the US, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and Department of Labor Fiduciary Rule are set to squeeze margins, the report said. Tax changes is also an issue 77% of leaders are grappling ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... "Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a presidential memorandum calling on Secretary Wilbur Ross to prioritise a Department of Commerce investigation initiated last night into the effects of steel imports on US national security." This, a week later ...

ATO to advance early release of super: O'Dwyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... severe financial hardship and compassionate grounds, as well as victims of crime compensation. Early this year the Department of Human Services revealed that more than $290 million was released under compassionate grounds in 2016-17, up from $184 million ...