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Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... consistent with democratic values and US global competitiveness." In terms of specific measures, the order directs the Department of Treasury and other agencies to develop policy recommendations to address implications of the sector's growth and ...

Backlash after 'unprecedented' ASIC action against Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... 'pop gun'? As with all other ASIC actions against banks, no person is ever banned [they run and hide in another department], ASIC get a headline, bank shareholders pay the fine and behaviour does not change." Johnston and the AIOFP are of the ...

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... Hume said. Treasury will also review the ASIC Industry Funding Model, commencing in 2022, in consultation with the Department of Finance and ASIC. Responding to the news, Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori said ...

Three join embattled AMP Capital fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... was investments and operations director for the last two years. She started her career as a graduate at the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance. Van Leuven, who is based in New Zealand, was previously the deputy chief executive for the Ministry ...

Centuria launches unlisted fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... million to fund the transaction. State Trustees, City West Water and the Victorian government's Treasury and Finance Department are some of the current tenants. In 2014, the Victorian government partnered with the now-defunct construction company Grocon ...

ISA chief economist departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... policy at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He has worked at the Treasury as a fiscal strategy specialist, and the department of finance. In 2007, he founded his own company Macroeconomics, to which he returns as the chief economist. The firm has ...

Admin fees could balloon from BFID

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... Following conversations with Treasury, the Australian Council of Trade Unions assistant secretary Scott Connelly said department officials have confirmed that dividend payments are not included in the best financial interests test and are deemed to pass ...

Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... Heather Smith has 20 years' experience in the Australian public service sector and was previously secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Prior to this she served as deputy secretary in the departments of the Prime Minister and ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... woman to lead the US Fed, and if her nomination is confirmed she would also be the first woman to lead the Treasury department in the US. Adewale Adeyemo has been nominated for deputy secretary of the Treasury, reporting to Yellen. Adeyemo was the first ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... it simpler to settle the currency internationally. 'Twas less than one and a half years ago that the US Treasury Department branded China a "currency manipulator" - the first time in 25 years - because the yuan's depreciation gives China an "unfair ...