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ASIC sues crypto fintech over unlicensed advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... for providing unlicensed financial advice on crypto-asset products. The regulator commenced civil penalty proceedings in Federal Court against Block Earner, an authorised representative of Flash Partners and AUSTRAC-registered digital currency exchange. ...

Affordable housing investments a win-win: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... investment in the sector, as has inadequate incentivisation. Access to affordable housing is a preeminent concern for the federal government, in the Federal Budget it introduced a new national Housing Accord, promising to build at least 40,000 new affordable ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... they save for a secure retirement." The new rule follows a 2021 executive order by President Joe Biden, which directs the federal government to "identify and assess policies to protect the life savings and pensions of America's workers and families from ...

Private market investment impediments not insurmountable: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... but uncertainty regarding the economics has meant it has been slow to develop in Australia. Overall, recent steps by the federal government may eventually encourage further investment into private markets, Frontier stated. It added that prioritising ...

CareSuper chair elected deputy president of ACSI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... serves as a councilor on the City of Sydney and was formerly deputy lord mayor. She also works with the National Reform Federal Council, the Commonwealth government's Regional Banking Taskforce and the NSW Environmental Trust.

AFCA secures $900m in compensation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... never been greater." Further AFCA has reported an estimated 227 systemic issues and serious contraventions of the law to federal regulators, resulting in an additional $280 million in refunds to 6.5 million consumers. Locke commented that AFCA would ...

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... APLNG to MidOcean/EIG in late 2021, but Noble noted that the policy settings in Australia had changed with the change in federal government. "National interest changes over time," he said. "We've seen this in the conversation over the Darwin Port ...

Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
The US Federal Reserve has raised its policy interest rate by 75 basis points, flagging ongoing increases will be necessary to bring inflation down to target. Following the central bank's decision, the federal funds rate benchmark sits between 3.75% ...

US recession probability reaches 75% - is Australia at risk?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... probability of a US recession is about 75%, possibly impacting several macroeconomic indicators. To bring down inflation, the US Federal Reserve must increase interest rates until inflation subsides, or economic growth flattens, Saxena estimated. "Given ...

Government enshrines new rule for Aussie Bitcoin owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
In the budget, the federal government introduced new rules for Bitcoin owners, clarifying that digital currencies are not taxed as foreign currency. The government said it will introduce legislation to clarify that digital currencies (such as Bitcoin) ...