AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPhilippines Impeachment: Malacañang cast doubt on Vice President Sara Duterte signing a waiver to release her bank and tax records, as the Senate impeachment court weighs whether to subpoena her and her husband’s financial documents. Australia Scam Alert: Victoria Police warned of myGov sign-in phishing and fake retailer sites during end-of-financial-year sales, citing 978 tax-fraud reports and $278k in losses over the past year. South Korea Market Rules: South Korea temporarily halted single-stock leveraged ETFs, while regulators tighten trading requirements—raising the deposit needed from Aug. 5 and adding liquidity-provider rules as KOSPI volatility persists. Nepal Tax Overhaul: Nepal’s new financial year 2083/84 brings lower personal income tax rates and higher thresholds, alongside changes to customs, excise, green taxes and EV policies. Corporate Finance Moves: Energy Vault named BlackRock veteran Nitin Dahiya as CFO; Fresha launched native accounting integrations with Xero and QuickBooks; Piramal Finance reported a 67% Q1 FY27 profit jump to ₹461 crore and approved a fundraise up to ₹4,000 crore. Crypto Crime Watch: FATF said illicit actors are exploiting regulatory gaps to move billions via crypto, with stablecoin use by criminals rising. Public Finance Pressure: Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey proposed an extra $100m for school districts as districts face inflation-driven budget strain. Local Transparency: Lee County, Florida launched “Sand Dollar Snapshot” to publish near real-time county debt, payroll, revenues and budgets.
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