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Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... compliance regime. "We have been reliably informed that Dr Mulino will avoid the trap of his office staff being infiltrated by Treasury bureaucrats who tend to push their own agenda, this was a critical mistake former minister Jones made that ultimately ...

US, China trade truce 'welcome' news for Australia: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... engage with its counterparts to ensure Australia is well-positioned to shield itself from any potential fallout. "Our treasury modeling makes it really clear that there are a number of ways that these trade tensions impact us, but the biggest way is ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... I've obviously spoken to Daniel and also Andrew [Leigh, assistant minister for productivity, competition, charities and treasury] about their role in that. They will be an absolutely extraordinary team, and I'm looking forward to working with ...

Industry bodies call for delay to Payday Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... Association Australia, want the government to push the implementation of Payday Super to July 2028. In a joint submission to Treasury, eight industry lobby groups have said the superannuation industry and small businesses cannot sufficiently prepare ...

FAAA calls for stronger consumer protections in advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... planning advice and emphasised the need for consumer protection in the provision of super nudges in its submission to Treasury on the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) Tranche 2 Part A draft legislation. The FAAA supports the government's goal ...

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... economy." The appointment comes as the ACCC prepares to take on new responsibilities after the government passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024. As part of the changes, set to come into effect from 1 January 2026 ...

Smaller super funds unfairly burdened by regulatory levy model: CPA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... super funds have become "collateral damage" in an imperfect regulatory funding model, CPA Australia says, in response to Treasury's proposed levy changes for 2025-26. CPA Australia superannuation lead Richard Webb said the Financial Institutions Supervisory ...

QTC names new chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
The Queensland government's central financing authority welcomed a former TCorp treasury lead as its new boss. Queensland Treasury Corporation has appointed Simon Ling, an executive with nearly three decades of experience in investment banking ...

Future Fund veteran takes on new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... China and other emerging economies. Thorburn joined the Future Fund after 13 years working for both the Commonwealth Treasury and the Australian Office of Financial Management, Australia's sovereign debt manager.

UK watchdog to open Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... for Travelex and global head of compliance for Westpac's institutional bank. In 2014, she was a principal advisor for Treasury's Financial System Inquiry, after which she made the leap to the UK to join the Central Bank of Ireland's policy and risk team. ...