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Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... said. The super industry and the general public have until January 20 to comment on the federal government's draft legislation that is attempting to extend the choice of super fund arrangements to more Australians. From 1 July 2016 it is proposed that ...

Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... Dartnall Advisers principal Eleanor Dartnall said while the industry needs to talk about education, "we need to change legislation with some policy around older women who, by statistics, live older than men." "[Older women] Who are still living in family ...

ASIC consults on LIF powers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... regulator power to set a maximum level of upfront and ongoing commission payments on life insurance products. Draft legislation released by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer last month also proposes ASIC will have the power to set the amount of upfront ...

ASIC forms its views on MySuper dashboards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... was considered to be highly valuable. The dashboard testing will undoubtedly form part of ASIC's submission to draft legislation and a consultation paper released by the federal government yesterday. It asks for the super industry's views on whether ...

Government proposes super portfolio disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... compare a superannuation investment option's fees, returns and risk. Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer released draft legislation and a consultation paper today that asks for the super industry's views on whether a comparison metric on the product dashboard ...

Government releases adviser education legislation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
The Government has released exposure draft legislation for raising the professional standards for financial advisers. The draft legislation stipulates that new advisers will require a degree, a professional year of training and pass an exam. Current ...

Super governance saga continues

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... Trustees (AIST) announced they had struck a deal with four crossbench Senators that would most likely vote down the legislation that proposes a third of independent directors on super fund boards. Both ISA and AIST have commissioned a review by former ...

Governance bill loses Senators' support

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... parliament. It is reported the federal government will need six of the eight crossbench votes to see the proposed legislation pass but Senators Jacqui Lambie, Glenn Lazarus, John Madigan and Nick Xenophon have agreed on a final-minute alternative deal. ...

Bombora appoints chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... said. Martin said: "The Australian financial services industry is continuing to undergo change in response to new legislation/regulations and the proposed Life Insurance Framework (LIF)." Bombora focuses on boutique independent advice businesses.

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... one last amendment from crossbench senator Ricky Muir that would aim to keep the equal representative board model in legislation. Muir told parliament last week that removing the equal representative governance model for super fund boards had attracted ...