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Senior ATO official tangled in $165m fraud scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... domestically and internationally to reduce the incidence of tax crime, including having recently acted as chair of the OECD Task Force on Tax Crimes. Also appearing at the press conference, acting commissioner of taxation Andrew Mills said that Australian ...

Robo-advice needs monitoring: IOSCO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... its impact on the provision of investment advice to retail clients. The report notes ASIC's launch of a Robo-advice Task Force - the objective of which is to informally identify firms offering automated services via exchanges during the AFS licensing ...

ASX blockchain move defensive: Professor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... or other technology, the first questions we ask are whether the non-functional characteristics of the technology up to the task. If you take something like bitcoin, I believe it processes something like 50 to 60,000 and up to 250,000 transactions a day ...

ASIC needs to focus on prevention, not cure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... ASIC. They need to be held to a higher standard." Swanson continued: "Running a listed life insurance provider isn't an easy task, but I'm glad I'm at least not ASIC. They have a very broad remit. I'd agree they're underfunded and need more power, but ...

CSC announces three new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... service included holding the position of head people capability, Department of Defence, and deputy commander, Joint Task Force 633, Middle East, in 2013. Needham has also served as a commissioner of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission ...

Mercer bolsters compliance offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... system by its legal and governance team. These tasks are assigned to individuals and progress and compliance status of each task can be monitored and reported on. When changes are made to legislation, Mercer updates the system and alerts clients to new ...

Investor group welcomes carbon disclosure inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

ASIC chair discloses travel expenses

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... IOSCO's policy work, developing post-GFC initiatives for developing market infrastructure regulatory frameworks and a task force on global securitisation markets. The statement also noted proposed trips to IOSCO meetings in Seoul, Tokyo, Frankfurt and ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Global Financial Crisis, Cambridge University Press,2012. 2 Unemployment figure based on June 2014 seasonally adjusted labour force numbers. Decline in GDP based on seasonally adjusted National Accounts, year to March 2014.

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
The prospect of rising interest rates has forced institutional investors to sit up and take notice of product innovations in the fixed income market. But with so many strategies to choose from, how do large investors and their advisers choose the right ...