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It's your money: Hume calls out Keating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... calling out shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services Labor MP Stephen Jones who claimed the Liberal party is opposed to superannuation as a whole. "The Liberal's opposed every single dollar that went to superannuation. If ...

Franklin Templeton announces revised APAC team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Franklin Templeton has revealed its new head of Asia Pacific (APAC), including India, as well as an updated distribution team within the region as it completes its acquisition of Legg Mason. Vivek Kudva has been appointed head of APAC and will be responsible ...

Industry super accused of misleading consumers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Liberal MP Jason Falinski has accused industry super funds of using the Google AdWords term 'retail super' after BT was fined for using the term 'industry super'. The subject arose as Falinski questioned ASIC during the Senate Parliamentary ...

ME Bank chief resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... At the start of June, McPhee appeared before the Standing Committee on Economics where he faced tough questioning from Liberal MP Tim Wilson over the bank's handling of the adjustment of redraw balances for some mortgage customers. Earlier in the ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... whinging about how inconvenient it is for ordinary Australians to want their money back." He added that he thinks the Liberal government's inquiry into class actions is being driven by a business lobby and that big business doesn't want to have to worry ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... professionalism Phil Anderson said that the ASIC Financial Adviser Register had dropped by 6000 advisers in the last 18 months. Liberal MP Craig Kelly brought up the drop in financial adviser number again - pointing out the decline represents about 20% ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... stimulus packages to avert a deeper recession", according to Reuters, Japan's former economy minister and the head of the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) tax panel, Akira Amari, had recently been quoted announcing that: "The government is expected ...

Senator remains firm on FASEA extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... list to not file financial records with ASIC. Patrick insinuated in the Senate that many of the companies on the list are Liberal party donors. He argued an amendment to the omnibus bill was necessary so that these companies were not allowed to engage ...

Super fund calls for government support

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Crescent Wealth board director and former Liberal party leader John Hewson called for the government to introduce a 30-50 year guaranteed infrastructure bond. He said a government guaranteed bond would allow super funds to generate investment returns ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... system, as Morrison urges unions and business to work together for the benefit of the nation. Jones' speech comes as Liberal Senator and former Financial Services Council policy director Andrew Bragg releases his book on how to fix the superannuation ...