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ASIC: Leadership Change
Joe Longo stepping down as ASIC chair after making the regulator more ambitious with increased penalties and investigations
Source: WAtoday
The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader government bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
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ASIC: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Government median of 1 across 4 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow.
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