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AVCAL appoints ICAA exec as CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... roles with PwC, Rio Tinto and Australand Property Group. He also has experience as a policy adviser with the Federal Department of the Treasury in Canberra. "Yasser's front-line experience in working constructively with the government on business policy ...

Baker & McKenzie tells industry to prepare for SIV 'bonanza'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... residency in Australia. So far, only a relatively small number of SIVs have been rubber-stamped but figures from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection reveal there are many more in the pipeline. As at 30 June, there were 305 primary applications ...

Super likely to fall under Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... administrative arrangements. "Senator Sinodinos has extensive experience in the finance and banking sector, the Department of Treasury and Finance, and as a former chief of staff to the Prime Minister," Industry Super Network (ISN) chair Peter Collins ...

Bracks to return to funds management

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... Australia's funds management sector," he said in a brief statement in which he confirmed that the secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs informed him of the decision last night following a briefing with Bishop. "I have spent the last month in ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... reaction to that... Need I spell it out?A Ok, ok...the Fed will taper this September. You only have to read the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis' summary of the National Accounts revision to know it's gotten so good for the US economy. ...

CFSGAM issues its first SIV product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has launched its first investment option compliant with the Department of Immigration Significant Investor Visa (SIV) requirements in Australia. The Colonial First State Wholesale Sovereign Australian ...

Allianz appoints COO

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... insurance industry with governments and regulators. Silver has most recently held the role of secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet and prior to that she was executive director of Rehabilitation and Compensation at the Victorian ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Quantum Dawn 2 will operate on a closed network developed by the Department of Homeland Security. Reflecting the purpose of the drill, none of the 50 participating entities will know the details of ...

Credit Suisse launches SIV portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... has produced two discretionary portfolios which meet the requirements stipulated by the Australian Government's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC). The SIV Fixed Income Portfolio is made up of 100% Australian government bonds and liquidity ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... Australians all should be rejoicing much more. Japan, after all, is our second biggest export market (according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), next to China. According to DFAT data, Japan accounts for 17% of Australia's total exports ...