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New MDRT Australia chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... growth of MDRT within Australia," Brown said. McCann will continue on with MDRT Australia in the capacity of national treasurer.

CBA class action moves forward

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... at Westpac spaning some 30 years; this included chief executive of the institutional bank, chief risk officer, group treasurer and chair of the Asia Advisory Board. CBA chair Catherine Livingstone said Whitfield's broad risk management and public sector ...

Treasurer backs APRA's CBA probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... APRA's inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank could be available in six months' time with appropriate action being taken, Treasurer Scott Morrison told this morning's Bloomberg Address. Morrison said he supported and is pleased with APRA's decision to conduct ...

Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... royalty stream which can be invested in infrastructure and essential services. Commenting on the sale, South Australian treasurer Tom Koutsantonis said the deal was "an absolutely outstanding result for the state," adding that the new service provider ...

First home super scheme may not make it to parliament in 2018

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... eligible contributions from 1 July 2017, with withdrawals allowed from 1 July 2018. A statement released by Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison last month said the Government was "launching the next phase of its comprehensive housing affordability package" ...

Labor cracks down on discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... charitable and fixed trusts will not be affected. He added the proposed policy is building on the reforms of former Treasurer John Howard back in the early 1980s, which penalised distributions to minors at the top marginal tax rate. The changes are part ...

In-house investment bears fruit for AustralianSuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... investors' confidence that "it will be the only regime that is going to exist for a period of time." Earlier this week NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet announced a new streamlined process for engaging with private sector bidders (including super funds) ...

Royal Commission unnecessary: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... reforms and remediation the industry has already undertaken, the Financial Services Council said. In responding to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen's push for a Royal Commission scrutinising all elements of the financial services industry, FSC chief executive ...

Labor unyielding on banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... proposed banking Royal Commission will extend to all elements of financial services should it be elected to office, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told the FSC Leaders Summit. Bowen made it clear the proposed banking Royal Commission - also known as the ...

Government paves the way for open banking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... greater access to banking data under a proposed open banking system regime. The regime, announced for review by Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison yesterday, will seek to open up consumer and third party access - with consumer consent - to customer and ...