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Vanguard founder joins MLC board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... is currently chair of the Australian Centre for Financial Studies and a member of the Australian government's Financial Centre Task Force. He is also a director of National Corporate Investment Services Limited, National Asset Management Limited Plum ...

ASX's PureMatch gets ASIC green light

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... Sydney. "ASX's investment in world-class infrastructure is consistent with Australia's ambition to be an attractive financial centre. A low latency, contemporary equity trading platform further improves the competitiveness and relevance of Australia's ...

ASIC: New regulations for responsible entities

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... with the interests of investors, said ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft. "As Australia raises its profile as a leading financial centre, increasing minimum responsible entity capital requirements to a level that is globally comparable improves confidence in ...

Asia growth to transform business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... governance is a problem in Asia but with the Chinese government committed to transforming Shanghai into a global financial centre it will have no option but to lift to governance standards to very high levels.

Asia Pacific $23.5bn local investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... chief executive, John Brogden, said the findings further supported the recommendations outlined by the Australian Financial Centre Forum (Johnson Review). "The strong bipartisan support for the Johnson recommendations will ensure Australia is able to ...

Sydney's financial centre ranking slips five places

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
Australia's push to become a significant regional financial centre appears to have stalled following the latest Global Financial Centre Index report that shows while Australia is improving its credentials, other cities are improving theirs more quickly. ...

Investment cloud clears with Govt draft proposal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... legislation on Australia's investment manager regime. In response to a recommendation by the report of the Australian Financial Centre Forum, the Government has proposed to align Australia's regime with similar markets such as the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore. ...

Aust fund managers passport to Japan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... the passport framework to offer that product in each of the other signatory nations. Mark Johnson, chairman, Financial Centre Taskforce said today at the report's briefing that the Taskforce is assisting the government and policymakers to remove impediments ...

Tax reforms bolster local funds management

MEDIA RELEASES  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... certainty they need when competing internationally and is a major step towards Australia becoming a real global financial centre."

Hooray it's Oprah day

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
So much for Australia's vision of itself as a world financial centre as Oprah has shown that all the world wants from us is Kangaroos, Koalas, sunny beaches and iron ore. Or is that the wrong way to look at the frenzy now supposedly gripping the nation ...