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First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... concludes its two-day meeting on the 15th of March. Fed Chair Janet Yellen hinted as much when she testified before the Senate Banking Committee (14 Feb) and the House Financial Services Committee (15 Feb) and which she re-emphasised in her speech before ...

Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... and a cooling off period like every other insurance policy in Australia." The committee will report their findings to the Senate before 30 June 2017.

Senate committee files views on super objective

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Merits 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 ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... interest rates another gentle lift. Rate hike speculations gathered momentum after Fed Chair Janet Yellen testified before the Senate Banking Committee (14 Feb) and the House Financial Services Committee (15 Feb). In her testimony before the Senate ...

Landmark advice reforms pass Senate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
The wealth management industry was overwhelming in its support of the Senate passing two significant reforms aimed at strengthening consumer confidence in the financial planning and life insurance sectors. Both pieces of legislation were passed unchallenged ...

Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... compliance measures by the Australian Taxation Office for the chronic underpayment of super contributions by employers. At a Senate inquiry in Melbourne today, Industry Super Australia (ISA) stated the ATO's lack of action will mean workers will retire ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... as first class and one that is delivering a higher standard of living for retirees," Fahy said. In its submission to the Senate Economics Committee's inquiry into the Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2016, the public policy think tank recommended that ...

Banking inquiry becomes Royal Commission alternative

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
The Federal Opposition has established a Senate inquiry to investigate cases of wrongdoing in the banking and financial services industry. The Senate voted 40 to 25 in favour of establishing the inquiry, which will also examine existing legislative ...

Super 2.0 must deliver retirement certainty: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... fair. Speaking to the objectives of super, Gallagher said the government has agreed to refer the matter to a Senate committee enquiry in the hopes of achieving greater consensus across the board. "We should attempt to reach broad political consensus ...

Nationals senator not giving up on life insurance investigation

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... regardless of what Parliament ultimately looks like after a hotly-contested election, he will prioritise continuing the Senate Economics References Committee's life insurance industry investigation. Speaking to Financial Standard, Williams said: "I'm ...