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APRA pushes for greater control over super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... superannuation governance, transparency and member outcomes. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell told the Senate Economics Legislation Committee aiming to address weaknesses in the superannuation regulatory framework that increasing APRA's power and control ...

Senate committee files views on super objective

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... behind the Superannuation (Objective) Bill may soon be debated in the Senate, following a Senate Economics Legislation Committee report filed on Tuesday. Committee chair, Senator Jane Hume, told Financial Standard that after considering all positions ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... attracted a lot of criticism and it was a "big concern" to him. He said Treasury told the Senate Economics Legislation Committee that the equal representation model had lost its utility and was now detrimental to governance. Muir said a submission from ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... independent directors, and appoint an independent chair. Liberal senator Sean Edwards chaired the Senate Economics Legislation Committee and prepared the final report. "The committee is of the view that the bill contains provisions designed to ensure ...

Super trustee bill before the Senate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee is expected to table its report on new superannuation trustee governance laws today ahead of debating a proposed bill in the Senate tomorrow. If passed the bill will require all Australian Prudential Regulation ...

Labor questions APRA independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... legislation. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member Helen Rowell told a Senate Economics Legislation Committee yesterday that she spoke with crossbench senators after being approached to do so by the office of Assistant Treasurer Kelly ...

Medcraft addresses ASIC's NAB response

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
In his opening statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, ASIC chair Greg Medcraft addressed the recent media coverage of NAB Wealth's compensation to its advice clients. "We have started our information gathering from NAB Wealth using ...

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... The low income superannuation contribution (LISC) looks set to be scrapped following the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's recommendation that the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) and Other Measures Bill 2013 be passed. In its report to the government ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... discussion with the government to find alternative sources of revenue. Liberal Senator and Senate Economics Legislation Committee chair responded: "I am quite sure that the government would be very happy to hear those conversations. We have made it quite ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Xstrata and Minerals Council of Australia will appear before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's public hearing into the development and operation of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT).