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Businesses face unprecedented cyber threats: CIA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... which is a function of infrastructure." Adviser to the prime minister on cyber security, department of prime minister and cabinet, Alastair MacGibbon said businesses face a long lasting loss of trust and confidence if innovation in cyber security is ...

New chair for Supervised Investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... broad knowledge and experience in financial and professional services, energy and telecommunications. Coonan is a former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and also served as Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Revenue and ...

Capital Group reappoints former exec

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... macroeconomic team. Most recently Thawley was secretary of the Australian government's Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) from 2014 until January 2016. Prior to this he held a number of roles with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs ...

Brexit won't impact Australia greatly: Treasurer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... helpful how fast the UK government got its act together: a new Prime Minister in record time having already appointed a full cabinet and group to plan the exit negotiations. No disarray there," Baur said.

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... company culture and ensuring that culture is instilled in the behaviour from the CEO down, not just in a dusty filing cabinet. "When it comes to peoples conduct, which is what I would call the real culture, that often comes from the top. So not the culture ...

Industry bodies back O'Dwyer reappointment

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
The industry has widely welcomed the reappointment of Kelly O'Dwyer into Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's refreshed cabinet. The former Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business sees her title change to Minister for Revenue and Financial ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... debt, reported the Japan Times. "I want to make it clear that we are not planning to issue [deficit bonds]", said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in an interview Saturday in Tokyo. Pressure for a stimulus package has stepped up following ...

CalPERS appoints interim CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, where he also served for a time as acting secretary. He was also deputy cabinet secretary to former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and assistant director for legislation at the California Department ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... addition of US$18.0 billion and March's US$28.4 billion increase. Japan leading economic index A glimmer of hope? The Cabinet Office reported that Japan's leading economic index rose to a preliminary reading of 100.5 in April from 99.1 in the previous ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... hasn't worked. Just last week, finance minister Aso declared that sharp currency movements are undesirable while chief Cabinet secretary Suga warned that Japan would act if necessary. Continued yen appreciation could force the BOJ to make good on its ...