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Sunsuper Labor donations rile Bragg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... Party has come under intense scrutiny in a Senate committee hearing. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell was grilled by Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg over the prudential regulator's lack of opinion ...

Senate secures members' interest changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... implement the changes and communicate with members. The reprieve is five months more than the Senate Economics Legislation Committee recommended in its inquiry into the bill, which called for a delay from 1 October 2019 to December 1. Hume said the changes ...

Member interests delay recommended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has recommended MPs waive the Government's member interests superannuation reforms through Parliament, almost untouched. Releasing the report into its inquiry of the Putting Members Interests First Bill (PMIF) ...

Super body opposes member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
The Government's move to reintroduce its member interests superannuation reforms continues to rile pockets of the super sector. The national advocacy group for women employed in superannuation and financial services, Women in Super (WIS), has condemned ...

Advice associations weigh in on member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... positions on the Government's latest round of superannuation reforms. In submissions to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on the Putting Members' Interests First Bill that riled AustralianSuper earlier in the week, the Association of ...

Reform implementation timeframe too short: AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019 in a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, AustralianSuper head of insurance product Richard Land said the bill's implementation deadline is too short and will leave ...

APRA to boost staff numbers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... around 100 more permanent staff after its funding boost. In a planned statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, APRA chair Wayne Byres revealed the prudential regulator is looking to hire 100 more permanent staff and hinted at a new enforcement ...

'Best in show' a no go: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... APRA-regulated funds has dropped from 2149 to 2004. Last week APRA chair Wayne Byres told the Senate Economics Legislation Committee the regulator has "upped the ante" over the past year in identifying underperforming funds and challenging trustees to ...

More consolidation to come: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... could also be headed for the exit door, APRA chair Wayne Byres said. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee yesterday, Byres said the regulator has "upped the ante" over the past year in identifying underperforming funds and challenging ...

Socio-economics dictate insurance needs of young Aussies: Insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... minimum age for providing automatic default life insurance cover. In its submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, TAL said the circumstances of young people vary significantly across different population and socio-economic demographics ...