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Fed gets green light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... to 3.9% from 2.7%. To be sure, the lift in retail spending has already been telegraphed by the sharp increase in the Department of Commerce's consumer sentiment index - up to 121.1 in July from 117.3 in June. More encouraging was the rise in the consumer ...

ASIC advances towards telecommunication intercept powers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... the end of September. Membership of the Taskforce includes senior members of Treasury, ASIC, the Attorney-General's Department and the office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, as well as representatives from industry bodies, consumer ...

Government cracks down on salary sacrifice loophole

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... said. The government established the Working Group - comprising senior representatives from the ATO, the Treasury, the Department of Employment, ASIC and APRA - in December 2016 to provide a set of recommendations to improve superannuation guarantee ...

Actor linked to Malaysian pension fund scandal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
The US Department of Justice is seeking to recover about $2 billion in assets misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund in a scandal with ties to the Malaysian prime minister's stepson and US actor Leonardo DiCaprio, among other notable ...

Age Pension changes looming

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... two years, and by 1 July 2023, will reach 67-years-old for those born on or after 1 January 1957, according to the Department of Social Services. No changes will apply for those born before 1 July 1952; and qualification age remains at 65. Recipients ...

Robo-advisers expected to meet fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... the same regulatory framework that now requires retirement advisers are subject to fiduciary obligations under the Department of Labor's Fiduciary Rule. The SEC's position on the issue is continuing despite the broader push by the Trump administration ...

Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... interests of clients in a bid to prevent the US$17 billion lost by retirement savers each year. Last Friday, the US Department of Labor partially introduced the impartial conduct standard - a fiduciary rule to curb conflicts of interest in relation to ...

Foreign trust disclosures overhauled in NZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... of privacy and security. Woodward said when a foreign trust is formed in NZ it must now register with NZ government department Inland Revenue - detailing the settlor, trustees, protectors and beneficiaries. An annual return will also need to be filed ...

Treasury responds to ABA derision over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... papers outlining revenue and expenditure decisions. Fraser assured the ABA that, given the tight deadline imposed, his department is working with the Office of Parliamentary Counsel to prepare draft legislation as promptly as possible for the major banks ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... understand or even China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany or Switzerland - for these are the countries the US Treasury Department (in its recent semi-annual report) placed on a "currency manipulators' watch list. But Canada -- One of America's closest ...