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New APRA chair named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... experienced, capable and committed financial services regulators. Throughout his extensive 30-year career at Australian Treasury and over the past four years at APRA as deputy chair, John has made a significant contribution to the stability, efficiency ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... said. The technical amendments proposed to the TOFA rules in the 2021-22 Budget will also be delayed until legislated. Treasury said making these changes is expected to increase receipts by $29.4 million and decrease GST payments to the states and territories ...

Advisory group appoints head of investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... head of investment strategy. Marc Wait has joined the group in the role, based in Sydney. He was most recently head of treasury at the Emirates' Sovereign Wealth Fund, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority where he was involved in running portfolios and selecting ...

QIC sees changes in private debt, liquid markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... from the Bank of England, where she worked as an economist. Before that, in 1997, she was an economist at the Queensland Treasury. Meanwhile, Alison Towers, QIC's director of global liquid markets trading, will lead the implementation group as director ...

Global X drops management fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... Global X ETFs Australia has reduced the management fees of two ETFs. Specifically, the management fee for Global X US Treasury Bond ETF (Currency Hedged) has been lowered from 0.3% to 0.2% and the management fee for Global X USD High Yield Bond ETF (Currency ...

PwC appoints chief economist for Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... Auster was chief executive of the Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency and a chief adviser for the Commonwealth Treasury. She has also served as the deputy secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance, executive director of the Australian ...

FPA seeks broader scope for CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... freeze the ASIC industry levy for a further 12 months to ensure cost certainty for the sector during FY2022/23, while Treasury reviews ASIC's Industry Funding Model. "The current freeze has recognised the negative impact that ongoing significant ASIC ...

Data sharing laws updated in response to Optus breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... sector through existing industry mechanisms to report fraudulent transactions, such as fraud information exchanges," Treasury said. In addition, the Council of Financial Regulators' cybersecurity working group will examine and report on options to further ...

Industry funding model discussion commences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... simplify its design, possibly through the creation of new sub-sector definitions to make the apportioning of costs fairer. Treasury is encouraging stakeholders to take part in the consultation process and share their views on possible changes to the ...

Franking credit crackdown rife with unintended consequences: LICAT

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... reprimand of the proposed legislative changes to franked distributions funded by capital raisings. In a submission to Treasury, LICAT explained that while there may be mischievous situations involving tax avoidance and dividend distributions, the proposed ...