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Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
Treasury has released its response following the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services report, Competition in clearing and settlement and the ASX CHESS Replacement Project: The CHESS Replacement Project is too important ...

Sydney to host global superannuation summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... Superannuation Investment Summit, hosted by US ambassador Kevin Rudd in Washington DC and New York, featured leaders like US treasury secretary Scott Bessent and Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers. The Summit showcased Australia's largest super funds ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... proposition that Australia's super sector has deep pockets when it comes to investing in the US was naturally welcomed by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent said the super model and its scale was "fantastic, especially considering Australia ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation chief economist Brian Redican said at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. Redican said monetary policy ...

ASIC clearing and settlements powers to curb ASX monopoly

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... Clearing and Settlement (CiCS) services reforms passed in September 2023 and enlivened by the minister in May 2024.In 2023, Treasury said the new laws essentially provide ASIC with powers to implement and enforce requirements for a monopoly provider ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
A confidential Treasury draft proposal obtained by Financial Standard outlines voluntary principles for the design and delivery of superannuation retirement income solutions, extending beyond the obligations of the Retirement Income Covenant. The principles ...

SMSF Association names annual award winners

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... skills," Hay-Bartlem said. "In addition to her contributions to education, Leigh's leadership and insights during the 2024 Treasury legacy pension amnesty consultations were instrumental. "Her influence played a key role in shaping a legislative outcome ...

Platforms placate fee consent ordeal: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... he said. The government has bestowed powers on the relevant minister to mandate a form. But this has yet to happen. "Treasury hasn't necessarily prioritised this issue, so we didn't come onto the agenda until much later in the year, and thus ...

Foreign investors banned from buying homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... proposing to acquire vacant residential or non-residential land will be subject to heightened scrutiny by the ATO and Treasury to ensure they comply with development conditions, Chalmers said.

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... assets. Before this, Garevski was a tutor at Melbourne University and a portfolio analysis intern for the Department of Treasury and Finance in Victoria. Moving to Queensland, Baoqing Gan has joined QIC as an investment risk analyst. Gan is tasked with ...