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Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... existing and proposed super for housing policies. Chair of the Senate Economics Committee Senator Andrew Bragg said the Inquiry was recalibrated to assess how policy could improve retirement outcomes by letting Australians use their superannuation to ...

James Mawhinney arrested as Mayfair 101 saga rolls on

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... day before he was arrested, Mawhinney published an article on the Mayfair 101 website, again calling for a Parliamentary inquiry into ASIC and its investigation of IPO Wealth Group and Mayfair 101. "The Australian Parliament needs to uncover what has ...

James Mawhinney applies to have ASIC's case struck out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... Mawhinney said. "Mayfair 101's clients and the Australian public deserve answers. I urge Australia's Parliament to commence an inquiry." The representations which Mawhinney's lawyers have applied to strike out include the 'Bank Term Deposit Representation' ...

Wholesale investor tests up for parliamentary review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
The federal government wants to shake up the wholesale investor tests further in launching a parliamentary inquiry into the entire framework, worrying many fund managers operating in the high-net-worth space. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations ...

Mayfair 101 regains control of assets, liquidators abandon claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... ongoing investigation into him and Mayfair 101 should be discontinued. He also reiterated earlier calls for a parliamentary inquiry into ASIC. "The settlement makes clear that ASIC, the liquidators and Vasco misrepresented the affairs of the companies ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... on a woman day-to-day, particularly her ability to work. The lobbying is gaining traction, with the Senate referring an inquiry into issues related to menopause and perimenopause to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs in November 2023. ...

Bragg calls for another Financial System Inquiry, critiques ASIC, APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
Senator Andrew Bragg has called for another Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to address "structural problems" in the twin peaks of financial sector regulation, ASIC and APRA. In his speech to the Financial Services Council (FSC), Bragg argued that "clear ...

Sterling Income Trust executives charged

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... the financial services industry for his involvement in the scam. The following year, a senate committee handed down an inquiry report into the SIT and urged ASIC to take more action in a "bid to protect consumers." "ASIC acknowledges the great distress ...

I can only apologise: PwC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
PwC Australia boss Kevin Burrowes and former chief executive Luke Sayers were grilled this morning in a Senate Inquiry as fallout continues over the embattled firm's tax scandal. Emails sent by former PwC head of international tax Peter-John Collins ...

ASIC proposes five-year extension to DDO

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... was originally set for a two-year period. DDO was introduced following a recommendation from the 2019 Financial System Inquiry to compel firms to design consumer-centric financial products and optimise distribution strategies. The regulator said it intends ...
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