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Treasury consults on new crypto tax laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... and Development (OECD) developed the CARF, which is a new international tax transparency framework. CARF allows tax authorities to collect tax-related information from providers of crypto asset transactions and share tax-related information on crypto ...

UK to follow Australia's lead in creating megafunds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... most significant reforms to the UK retirement sector in decades, the defined contribution schemes of 86 administering authorities will be consolidated and their assets pooled to create megafunds. The UK government plans to introduce a new Pension Schemes ...

Government lifts funding to preserve banking in the Pacific

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... region. "... the RBA, we will continue to support development partners and Pacific Island central banks and banking authorities by providing technical expertise, and we'll be drawing on our longstanding relationships to try and facilitate coordination ...

Fiji National Provident Fund hunts active fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... provide funds management services in their respective countries and be registered with relevant financial regulatory authorities. They must have a good track record of complying with industry standards and best practices, as well as fulfilled financial ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... comes to the handling of reports of alleged corporate misconduct, and recommended it be legislated that ASIC or future authorities investigate such reports "at an appropriate rate." Evidence to the committee suggests just 1% if misconduct reports are ...

Stafford Capital wins $569m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... timberland investing within UK Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS). The ACCESS Pool is made of 11 UK LGPS Administering Authorities and, as of March 31, had Pool assets totaling £40 billion ($75.89 billion). Stafford invests in core timberland through ...

VFMC hires client portfolio design head

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
... of infrastructure to replace Adrian Best. VFMC is the investment specialist for the state of Victoria and 31 public authorities and related organisations. It managed $86 billion assets under management at the end of 2023.

Chinese property market to stabilise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... Kushlis said the new measures could help stabilise the market at a low level over the next six to 12 months. "Chinese authorities recently unveiled a housing market support plan that shifts the focus of efforts to reducing inventories, rather than solely ...

IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... weaker underwriting standards and looser loan covenants-some signs of which have already been noted by supervisory authorities." Further, the IMF flagged concerns over a lack of proper valuing in the private market. It said because private market loans ...

Link, The Trust Bank progress acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... businesses. In a trading update this morning, Link said it has filed all major regulatory approval submissions with relevant authorities in Australia, the UK, Europe, and India for the transaction to progress. Already, the two parties have commenced ...