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Capital Group reappoints former exec

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) from 2014 until January 2016. Prior to this he held a number of roles with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and trade, including heading the international division of PM&C under Prime Minister Paul Keating and ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... Indonesia-Australia Business Partnership Group (IA-BPG), which is partnership platform aimed at bringing together peak Indonesian and Australian business groups to help inform IA-CEPA negotiations. If Australia can establish a free trade deal with Indonesia ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... Australia and New Zealand have signed a deal to streamline customs processing between the two nations. The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection and New Zealand Customs Service (NZ Customs) signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... that Britain's eventual departure from the EU brings. But is it all that bad for Australia? The depreciation in the Australian dollar following the UK's shock referendum outcome suggests that perhaps, not necessarily so. Instead, Australia's goods and ...

Bloomberg partners with DFAT for health program

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... technical assistance and funding to gather citizens' health data. Originally launched in partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Data for Health program is designed to refine and make better use of health data in ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... Limited; Pauline Blight-Johnston a^\' Group Executive of Insurance and Superannuation, AMP; David Bryant a^\' CEO & CIO of Australian Unity Investments; Robin Burns - MD, Equity Trustees Limited; Lochiel Crafter a^\'` Head of Asia Pacific, State Street ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
Funds flowing into Australian managed investment trusts from overseas have doubled from $20 billion to $40 billion since 2010, according to a new report by Perpetual and the Financial Services Council. The jointly published 2014 Australian Investment ...

FSC: Appoint an ASIC commissioner for international issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... similar to TheCityUK and the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council. The agency would ensure Treasury, the Australian Tax Office, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ASIC, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Prudential ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... clever thing. It's not a smart thing to do. It violates every single decent and legal instrument that I can think of." Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's retort's sensible: "All governments gather information... and all governments know that every ...

Bracks to return to funds management

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Former Cbus chair Steve Bracks will be looking for opportunities in the Australian funds management sector after Foreign Minister-elect Julie Bishop revoked his position as consul general in New York. Bracks was appointed to the position on May 17 ...