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CSC announces three new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... service included holding the position of head people capability, Department of Defence, and deputy commander, Joint Task Force 633, Middle East, in 2013. Needham has also served as a commissioner of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission ...

ASIC chair discloses travel expenses

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... IOSCO's policy work, developing post-GFC initiatives for developing market infrastructure regulatory frameworks and a task force on global securitisation markets. The statement also noted proposed trips to IOSCO meetings in Seoul, Tokyo, Frankfurt and ...

BOQ adds to board

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... government relationships, having worked on a number of restructures and reviews for government including the recent GST task force for the federal government," he said. Carter's appointment is in line with BOQ's stated desire to increase the number of ...

ACSA announces 2014 custody awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... industry." Darryll Rogers, Marian Azer and Daniel Cheever were recognised for their contribution in the Stronger Super Task Force. Paul Talbot was recognised for his role in the promoting the efficiencies of automated processing in the managed funds ...

Labor pledges five-year freeze on super tax

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... once every five years hence, Treasurer Chris Bowen said. The Treasurer unveiled a superannuation charter, drafted by a task force chaired by Jeremy Cooper, who in 2010 chaired a wide-ranging review into superannuation, calling for certainty for all Australians ...

ASIC eases fears on high frequency trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has said in a new report that fears related to high frequency trading (HFT) are mostly unfounded. The much-anticipated report, released today, follows investigation into market prices by two ...

CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... code-named "Alchemy", began more than three years ago, in connection with the US President's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. The task force was the largest coalition of law enforcement, investigatory and regulatory agencies ever assembled to ...

Ex-drug dealers now hitting-up SMSFs: ACC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... schemes, which are becoming increasingly more prevalent In his presentation Lacey cited findings from the multiagency Task Force Galilee, established in April 2011 to combat 'boiler-room' fraud, schemes using sophisticated techniques to solicit investment ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), AUSTRAC and the Australian Tax Office are working with the ACC as part of Task Force Galilee, which is "seeking to disrupt Serious and Organised Investment Fraud operations and the organised criminal groups ...

ASIC, ACC crack investment scam

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
A task force between police, ACC and ASIC has closed in on an investment scam in QLD which has been coercing investments from consumers under a company name of West Trade or Atlas Lead Generation. A joint operation between the Queensland Police Service ...