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MySuper Bill could expose individual trustees to legal action

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... innocent directors. The FSC's said that this "Imposes obligations on each individual director and equates them to the office of trustee." AIST - which represents the interests of Australia's $450bn not-for-profit superannuation sector - said the submission ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... months before has recently announced that he's doing away with the 3 pence increase in petrol duty. Also, data from the Office of National of Statistics show that instead of reduced government spending, government expenditure jumped by 7.9% in the year ...

Mercer expands local Sentinel team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... investment advisory business has also recruited Jacki Chorazy, formerly with Access Capital Advisers and the Australian Office of Financial Management to its Sydney-based team.

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... has been put in place, according to Reuters. As a result of the US government having such easy access to new debt, the office of Congressional Budget Oversight has estimated that the budget deficit for fiscal year 2012 will increase by US$93bn to US$1.2 ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... appointed Dr. Vedat Akgiray, chairman of the Capital Markets Board (CMB) of Turkey, and Ethiopis Tafara, director of the Office of International Affairs at the US Securities and Exchange Commission as vice chairs. As part of a streamlining of IOSCO's ...

Govt bonds reach $237bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... total, indexed and non-indexed treasury notes 6% each with 1% in other securities types, according to the Australian Office of Financial Management, the government agency with responsibility for managing this debt. Three quarters of this debt is in the ...

AustralianSuper creates Asian footprint

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... representative to China for the Australian Embassy in Beijing, a senior analyst covering the Chinese economy for the Australian Office of National Assessments and as senior adviser on macroeconomic and budget policy to the Treasurer. Joske has also represented ...

No time for FOFA impact statement: OBPR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
The Office of Best Practice Regulation has said time pressures prevented an adequate regulatory impact statement being prepared on six elements of the FOFA legislation. Speaking before a Senate Estimates committee, Jason McNamara, executive director ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... passed into law in 2010 after being co-sponsored by several US regulators including the US Department of Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The legislation is now ...

Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... and private equity and places heavy limits on the extent to which banks can trade on their own account. While the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency estimates these restrictions will cost banks about $1 billion in foregone profits and extra ...