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Treasury proposes higher regulatory levies for super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... $117.5 million to help fund the prudential regulator, a half-percent increase on the previous financial year. Levied funding for ASIC will decrease slightly, from $28.5 million in FY2015 to $28.2 million. Funding from the superannuation industry to support ...

ISA and AIST want changes to professionalism model

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... recommendations and have suggested modifications to another four. They estimate FPEC will need $4 million per year in funding for its first phase of work to delivering higher educational standards. "This would pay for a part-time independent chair, a ...

FOS decries unpaid compensation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... working together to establish such a scheme, the government implement such a scheme. One option would be to include funding for a last resort compensation scheme in a levy funding scheme for ASIC should the government adopt this approach to future ASIC ...

AMP Capital steps into Japanese infra market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... the renewable energy sector as part of a shift in Japan towards such clean energy, and there is a growing need for funding for both brownfield and greenfield renewable energy projects," AMP Capital international chief executive Anthony Fasso said. Mitsubishi ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... with the Tsipras government's list of policy measures it proposes to implement before it unlocks the extension of funding for another four months. And here's the rub-a-dub-dub, Tsipras might be in a tub. The "institutions" still wants Greece to comply ...

Funding for the government's adviser register unclear

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
How the public register of financial advisers will be funded remains unclear, with the government saying that the money will come via a $5 hike in the annual lodgement fee for Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees. A statement from Minister ...

Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... financial crisis, the new measures include eliminating taxes on small businesses, reduced costs for exporters and funding for the construction of railways. They come into effect at the start of August. Ha says the measures will provide a short-term boost ...

Korean military fund puts $40m in Aussie infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... MMAA is also the only non-pension fund. It functions as a welfare-orient credit union, providing savings services and funding for education, healthcare, and disaster relief to 170,000 military personnel. The Infrastructure Fund is overseen by The Private ...

CBA to fund adviser education and association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... spokesperson told Financial Standard that "CBA will support existing advisers transition to the new requirements by providing funding for the advanced diploma in financial planning." The bank also plans to fund employed planners' membership to a relevant ...

Cuts to ASIC and ATO push industry to self-regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... universally recognised profession, the opportunity for greater self-regulation will increase." Fox said that "reduced funding for ASIC, as the regulator of financial advice, may provide further impetus to bring this forward." The AFA expects the Financial ...