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ASIC provides guidance on Asia Funds Passport

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
ASIC has updated its regulatory guides to reflect changes from the Asia Region Funds Passport bill that was recently passed. On June 28, the Federal Government passed the Corporations Amendment (Asia Region Funds Passport) Bill 2018 in an effort to ...

Vanguard shutters Singapore office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... better serve clients in the Asian market. "We will continue to invest in the Hong Kong office as a support hub for the Asia region and as a base for sales, marketing and client service into our targeted countries in Asia," Vanguard said. Vanguard said ...

Aussie funds to access Asian markets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
Both houses of Federal Parliament yesterday passed the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) bill that will open up Asian markets for Australian financial services companies. The legislation was tabled in late March. Wealth management industry data manager ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... the FSC wanted the Government to focus on two areas: making sure Australia could compete with the introduction of Asia Region Funds Passports and improving life insurance outcomes for consumers by fine tuning policy. In this year's submission, the FSC ...

Asia Region Funds Passport legislation tabled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Legislation to implement the Asia Region Funds Passport Bill was tabled in Federal Parliament yesterday but the Financial Services Council said there is still work to be done. Minister for Financial Services and Revenue Kelly O'Dwyer described the initiative ...

Northern Trust appoints head of Australasia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
Northern Trust has appointed a new head of its Australasia business, succeeding Madeleine Senior. Angelo Calvitto will take over responsibility for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, having joined Northern Trust in 2008. He was most recently ...

IOOF corporate development GM joins Australian Ethical

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... divisions. Before that, Shanahan held other senior roles at Macquarie, including head of financial management for the Asia region, head of corporate affairs for the same region and head of operational risk for the corporate affairs group. He was also ...

Australian Ethical names new COO following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... divisions. Before that, Shanahan held other senior roles at Macquarie, including head of financial management for the Asia region, head of corporate affairs for the same region and head of operational risk for the corporate affairs group. Shanahan was ...

Two FSC senior policy managers depart

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Hoorweg, who joined in 2012, has been instrumental in delivering the Asia Region Funds Passport and the Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle. She drove a number of key taxation changes for the industry ...

Offshore investment vehicles await passport arrival

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... and from Australia as early as June, Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer says. The long-awaited Asia Region Funds Passport is in its final stages of implementation and on track for commencement in the first half of this year, O'Dwyer ...