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Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... next week, on 30 October. Merry Xmas to us! Or in Julie Bishop's -- Australian Deputy Leader and Minister for Foreign Affairs -- term

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... for the FSC's policy agenda on funds management. She was previously an economic analyst for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Economist Spiro Premetis also joined the FSC in 2014 as policy manager for economics and life insurance and was previously ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... the Financial System Inquiry that a body be established to coordinate the efforts of Treasury, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ASIC and Austrade," Brogden said.

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... stats out of Germany - the eurozone's biggest and its economic engine - underscored by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs significant downgrade to its growth to 1.2% (from 1.8%) this year and 1.3% (from 2.0%) in 2015 and bearing in mind that German ...

FSC: Appoint an ASIC commissioner for international issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Financial Services Development Council. The agency would ensure Treasury, the Australian Tax Office, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ASIC, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority, integrate Australia's ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... Majoring in political science at the Australian National University (ANU), Franc initially had ambitions to work in foreign affairs with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). But that plan was soon cast aside following Franc's graduation ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... recalled its ambassador to Australia and invited Australia's deputy head of mission David Engel to Indonesia's foreign affairs department yesterday to "please explain" leaked documents revealing Australia's Defense Signals Directorate (DSD) "monitoring" ...

Bracks to return to funds management

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... management sector," he said in a brief statement in which he confirmed that the secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs informed him of the decision last night following a briefing with Bishop. "I have spent the last month in consultations across ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... be rejoicing much more. Japan, after all, is our second biggest export market (according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), next to China. According to DFAT data, Japan accounts for 17% of Australia's total exports as at the end of 2011 ...

Energy Super makes two senior appointments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... manager and another Australian superannuation fund. He has also been an economist with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs. Judd will oversee the implementation of the fund's investment strategies at Energy Super. Previously Russell-Clarke worked ...