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First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
The blind rush to consolidate that gripped the $3.4 trillion superannuation sector in recent times may be finally over, according to First Super chief executive Bill Watson. Instead of seeing big funds gobbling up smaller rivals, Watson expects more ...

Review of ASIC funding model begins

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... be led by Treasury in consultation with ASIC, the Department of Finance, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Further, later this year, Treasury will undertake a public consultation process which will provide an opportunity for stakeholders ...

Ken Henry resigns from ASX board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... Department of Communications and the Arts. Smith has also held senior positions in the departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet (including heading the Prime Minister's taskforce on Innovation), Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Treasury, as well as ...

Stuart Robert named shadow financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... allocated, and especially every tax dollar raised from Australians' hard work." She is one of 10 women named in Dutton's shadow cabinet.

Parliamentary committee hears KPMG assumed 'conflicting engagements knowingly'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... achieve." It was then that Transport for NSW engaged former KPMG partner Brendan Lyon whose subsequent reports advised Cabinet of problems with Treasury's modelling of TAHE's costs and benefits as well as a range of safety risks. Lyon concluded that ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... Disaster recover efforts were noted as a contingent, unquantifiable liability for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. The federal government provides funding to states and territories to assist with natural disaster relief and recovery costs ...

ASIC bolsters leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... seven years in similar roles. He is also a former deputy financial officer at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and has worked for the Department of Finance and Deregulation. In this role he will oversee finance strategy and projects ...

FPA launches female mentoring program

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
... same process," De Gori said. The FPA received a $1.5 million grant and support from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet's Women's Leadership and Development Program to launch the program. Applications for both mentors and mentees are open until ...

ASIC red tape unit welcomed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... enhanced cyber resilience and cyber security among ASIC-regulated entities. Assistant minister to the Prime Minister and cabinet Ben Morton said: "The implementation of the government's stewardship approach - focussed on minimising regulatory burden ...

AFA defends industry against Labor attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... acting chief executive Phil Anderson is calling for an end to the "persecution" of financial advisers, after hearing shadow cabinet secretary Jenny McAllister's comments on June 17 in debating the Treasury Laws Amendment (Self-Managed Superannuation ...