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Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... Advisers (AFA) has welcomed the enshrinement. "This piece of legislation has been reviewed by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services and they supported it," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. "The AFA continues to believe ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... "financial planner" and "financial adviser" took a step closer to being enshrined in law after a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) was asked to provide a report on the issue. With the Coalition confirming they would not oppose the bill, the government ...

Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) have criticised the government's response to the reports by the Parliamentary Joint Committee and Richard St. John on the collapse of Trio Capital. Shadow minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... Bank of Australia deputy head, payments policy department, Mark Manning is due to appear before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' inquiry into the Corporations and Financial Sector Legislation amendment Bill. In ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Paul Fletcher, the Liberal Party member for Bradfiled who sits on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on corporations and financial services, has voiced the Federal Opposition's concerns about superannuation fund governance. Speaking yesterday in Melbourne ...

Super funds argue against unfair fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... decision that would stop funds capping administration fees under draft reform laws. Speaking before a Parliamentary Joint Committee that is investigating the last tranche of the Gillard Government's MySuper reforms, representatives for industry lobbying ...

Trustee liability issues surface at PJC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... risk of contentious litigation. Advocates of several industry representative bodies spoke before a Parliamentary Joint Committee which is investigating the final bill of the Gillard Government's MySuper legislation, part of its wide-ranging Stronger ...

Trio Capital action group to put forward Federal Candidate

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) of allegedly failing in their roles as gatekeepers, as well as a Parliamentary Joint Committee set up to investigate the fraud of allegedly refusing to award fair compensation. Minister for financial services and ...

AIST argues for fee-cap in MySuper submission

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... with asset-based administration fees. After putting the finishing touches on its submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee overseeing the Gillard Government's superannuation reforms this week, the representative body for not-for-profit super funds ...

Medcraft calls for international super benchmarking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... this year that simply reporting major holdings leaves "room for cynicism". Appearing before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, yesterday he urged that disclosure be taken one step further to put the statement into ...