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Government plans to develop 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... Australian Taxation Office (ATO). In response, the ATO has committed to establishing a bespoke, time-limited crypto working group to work with the industry and tax professionals on a package of public guidance.

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... the White House has buoyed cryptocurrency advocates. "President Trump has issued an executive order establishing a working group tasked with, amongst other things, evaluating the potential for a 'national digital asset stockpile', akin to America's oil ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... The guidance note is developed in collaboration with the First Nations Foundation (FNF) and the Indigenous Super Working Group (ISWG) and aims to create a new standardised, culturally appropriate form and process for superannuation members to access ...

ART, MLC AM, HESTA name directors

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... also sits on the board of the Australian Military Bank and is the chair of the Financial Services Council Diversity Working Group for the Funds Management Board Committee. Finally, HESTA has added a paediatrician and senior health manager to the board. ...

Jones flags drafting of Tranche 2 legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... Association Australia chief executive Sarah Abood said the government's response goes beyond the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) proposals and there are concerns about changes that may adversely impact the existing universities offering financial ...

Generation Development Group buys Evidentia

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Generation Development Group (GDG) will acquire 100% of Evidentia Group for $320 million, as it looks to grow its foothold in the managed accounts space. The transaction will be partly funded by a fully underwritten equity raising of approximately $287.9 ...

Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... encouraging greater investment in Australia's renewables transition. The roundtable was for the Net Zero Transition Working Group to consider ASFA'S Toward an energy transition accord, which set out five recommendations to create a clear pathway to help ...

AMP snares retirement expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... Sub-committee, member of the Superannuation and Investments Practice Committee, and member of the Data Analytic Working Group. For five years, Liu chaired the Institute, leading the board on retirement outcome research, superannuation projections and ...

Insignia research, retirement income head to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... was also responsible for developing the firm's retirement income framework and chairs its Retirement Income Working Group. Before joining Insignia, Olsen was chief executive of research house Lonsec for over two years. He's also held senior research ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... chief executive Sarah Abood said she supports recent proposals around adviser education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the current system isn't supporting that need. Last ...