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Mulino sits on Tranche 2 for now, grapples with complexity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino says releasing the next exposure draft for the "complex" second tranche of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms is a top priority, but the financial advice sector should not expect it anytime ...

FAAA fights to reignite Dixon inquiry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... general manager of policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson said it is working closely with the Financial Services Minister Daniel Mulino and the Shadow Minister to get the inquiry back on track. "Both parties have indicated that they support the ...

1MDB mastermind found in Shanghai with Aussie passport: Reports

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... billion stolen from 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the sovereign wealth fund he helped former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak establish. Razak was recently released from prison after having been charged over the scandal. He was discharged ...

CSLR releases revised levy estimate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... the personal financial advice subsector estimate exceeds the sub-sector cap of $20 million, the scheme has notified the minister for financial services of the need for a special levy of $47.289 million," the CSLR said. Meanwhile, the revised estimate ...

RBA powers deemed 'last resort' for critical financial infrastructure fallout

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has released a consultation paper on the proposed draft guidance for the Australian Clearing and Settlement (CS) Facility Resolution Regime. The RBA was provided with "crisis resolution powers" in response to a threat ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... completed or is on track to complete an approved qualification; has completed or is on track to complete a qualification the Minister has determined to be equivalent to an approved qualification for existing providers, or is eligible to access the experienced ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... steps." To that end, Chalmers said that the reform roundtable he's convening in August, which was announced by prime minister Anthony Albanese last week, will set out some guiding reform principles and next steps to advance the agenda well beyond the ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... infrastructure located in Australia - in its investment decisions, a move Angus Taylor, then shadow treasurer and now shadow minister for defence, decried as a "raid on the nation's nest egg." Combet said he welcomed the guidance but was clear that ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced at the National Press Club yesterday that Treasurer Jim Chalmers will convene a roundtable in August to support and shape the government's growth and productivity agenda. Albanese said the roundtable will bring ...

Treasury welcomes new leader

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Jenny Wilkinson will replace Steven Kennedy, who is taking on a new role of Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Both have been appointed to a five-year term. Kennedy has served as Treasury Secretary since September 2019. Wilkinson ...