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Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... with a lucrative investment "sanctuary" on a silver platter. The principality was blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force as part of the FATF's review of non-cooperative countries and territories in 2000, but was struck off the list in 2001. "By ...

Fed Govt creates financial services task force

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
The Rudd Labor Government has called on senior government officials to form the Financial Services Working Group, aimed at dealing with financial services advice and disclosure issues. The Financial Services Working Group includes senior officers from ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... retired to become director of the Paris School of Economics. He previously held roles on the United Nations Millennium Task Force on Hunger, the Working Group, the Eminent Persons Group of the Asian Development Bank, the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee ...

SEQUAL to boost reach through education

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... Australia), as well as inaugural chair of the Council of Mortgage Lenders Group, a member of the Finsia Mortgage Industry Task Force. He also designed and delivered the SEQUAL-accredited 'Understanding Equity Release Plans' course for the MFAA. As part ...

Carbon trading gets competitive hedge

... equity and even private equity. In Australia, the industry is still waiting for the results of the Federal Government's task force exploring the possibility of a national carbon trading scheme. New Zealand is a few steps ahead with the New Zealand Stock ...

China funds under pressure?

... enough, is that China is attracting more money than it can manage and the country's State Council has set up a special task force to hunt down illegal share offerings and other banned activities. The running strategy is to manage the country's unprecedented ...

Proposed super cut will widen inequality for women: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
IFSA has panned a Government task force's proposal to reduce super contributions, a move that may leave working women and casual employees without any superannuation contributions, contributing to widening inequality. Echoing the message sent by Association ...

ASFA slams proposal to cut super

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has slammed a Government task force suggestion to cut employer super contributions, a move it says will drastically reduce part-time and contract workers' superannuation savings. The proposal ...

Fin literacy won't happen overnight, but it will happen: Clitheroe

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
Paul Clitheroe, chair of the Financial Literacy Task Force, believes improving financial literacy is a 20 year project. Being a long term project, he said, it starts in the home, should be taught in schools and, above all, needs to be demonstrated through ...

Power of one through MLIM customised portfolios

... more difficult to crack than they initially thought. "We had a look at this a few years ago in Australia. We set up a task force but abandoned it after looking at it for six to nine months because we didn't have the product the way we liked it to be," ...