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State supports move to close super loophole exploited by paedophiles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... abuse. The Legislative Council unanimously supported the motion from shadow assistant minister to the shadow attorney general Laura Henderson, which called on the Malinauskas government to urge its federal counterparts to adopt a policy to change superannuation ...

Super SA names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... commissioner and commissioner for prices. At the same time, he led the operation of Consumer and Business Services within the Attorney General's department. Soulio has also previously served as a senior manager, investigation and insolvency at ASIC ...

SEC sues Kraken exchange again

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... exchange and Zhao for lying to regulators and mishandling billions of investor dollars. Following the verdict, attorney general Merrick Garland said Binance became the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange in part because of the crimes it committed. ...

Government cracks down following PwC scandal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... system and capital markets strong," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a joint statement with the finance minister, attorney general and assistant treasurer. "We're also cracking down on the scourge of multinational tax avoidance and making sure multinationals ...

More pension funds, insurers impacted by MOVEit mass-hack

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... including social security details - accessed. Meanwhile, Wilton Reassurance Life Company of New York notified the Attorney General of Maine that the information of 1.48 million customers was stolen. In some good news, the Sacramento County Employees' ...

ISA welcomes back former chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... Sydney Financial Forum. He has also had a 22-year-long career with the NSW Parliament, serving as s treasurer, attorney general, health and arts minister as well as as leader of the opposition. Collins has chaired several public boards including, Australian ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... rules that would allow US-based retirement plans to consider ESG factors in their investment processes. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes are leading the suit, which alleges that the rules change violates the Employee ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... practices. DeSantis and the two other trustees of the SBA, state chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis, and state Attorney General Ashley Moody, directed their fund managers to invest "without considering the ideological agenda of the environmental ...

WA introduces new super laws for de facto couples

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
... of Australia, ensuring that de facto couples are longer discriminated against. Commenting, Western Australia attorney general John Quigley said: "WA has finally joined all other Australian jurisdictions in allowing separating de facto couples to split ...

Ministers told to divest shareholdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... over the investment". In an interview with Sunrise this morning, Albanese said transparency is needed, citing former Attorney-General Christian Porter. "You can do the great job of being a minister in the Australian government, that should be your focus. ...
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