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Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... he held in a vice like grip. Belief and persistence were his strengths which he employed in powerful advocacy." Former Liberal treasurer Peter Costello said Evans believed in serving the public and had left "an enduring legacy to Australian economic ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... have gone too far," Johnson said. "Shadow Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones has been vocal on this matter and Liberal Bert van Manen and Senator Amanda Stoker have also been highly critical of FASEA's conduct." He added that the honeymoon ...

Sunsuper Labor donations rile Bragg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... committee hearing. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell was grilled by Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg over the prudential regulator's lack of opinion on the $11,000 donation made by the large Queensland ...

SG amnesty bill finally passes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... disgrace, the government has worked tirelessly to ensure the integrity of the superannuation guarantee," Hume said. The Liberal Senator and former AustralianSuper employee noted that neither of the two committee's the bill was sent to raised the issue ...

Labor stands by super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... among stakeholders in the industry - particularly the Australian Council of Social Services - played into the hands of the Liberal and National parties, who he said stand for "trickle-down economics, lower wage growth and less security". "Labor supports ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... move towards more expansionary monetary policy," Wood said. She explained that despite the much-touted "Back in Black" Liberal party budget surplus, spending may be on the horizon. She argued the government had gone quiet on the budget surplus following ...

QSuper, Sunsuper not committed to merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... Committee on Economics on Thursday, QSuper chief executive Michael Pennisi fielded questions from Committee chair and Liberal MP Tim Wilson over the potential arrangement between the two Queensland funds. Asked if QSuper was strictly seeking a merger ...

ASFA strikes back at super detractors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... as a threat to the existing capital markets order and compulsion as a dangerous ideological plot to undermine western liberal democracy," Fahy said. "This combative narrative labels our system, unaffordable, failing lower income earners, inefficient ...

FASEA chief unaware of dwindling adviser numbers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... financial adviser numbers during a recent Senate Estimates hearing. Appearing before the committee, Glenfield was asked by Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker whether the authority acknowledged the risk of losing experience financial advisers for whom the ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has again criticised what he called a "culture war" in the superannuation sector, saying the industry should refocus its energy on members. In his speech at the Rice Warner Symposium on Monday, Bragg condemned the lack of ...