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PJC blasts Trio follow-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has expressed strong concern over lack of follow-up from regulators and criminal authorities in the wake of the Trio Capital collapse. In the report on the largest superannuation ...

Compensation report finds against last resort scheme

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... Consumers of Financial Services report, authored by Richard St. John, was commissioned in response to the 2009 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services report and released yesterday. The report found that retail clients are ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... confusion over how lifecycle products would be fairly priced and assessed for all members. "I'm surprised the Parliamentary Joint Committee didn't pick up on that," said Katrina Bacon, director at KPMG. "If you have a MySuper lifecycle product where ...

Flaws in advice system revealed by ASIC report

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... released the full report of its retirement advice shadow shopping research, previously mentioned during the Parliamentary Joint Committee. Report 279 Shadow shopping study of financial advice ( REP 279 ) investigated the quality of retirement advice ...

PJC releases MySuper report

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... large employers and the provision of tailored MySuper products. In its 102-page report released this week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) on Corporations and Financial Services made key recommendations on the super legislation. These include ...

AFA urges Independents to help change FOFA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... previously argued that Independents would be key in efforts to amend the legislation as its stands. It followed the Parliamentary Joint Committee's (PJC) 220 page report on FOFA, which recommended the legislation come into effect on July 1 as planned. ...

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
The date is set for FOFA to start on July 1 this year with the Parliamentary Joint Committee releasing its report, complete with 15 new recommendations. In its 220-page report, the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) noted that despite industry calls ...

FOFA discontent rumbles on after PJC findings

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... disclosure and best interest remain the sticking points for industry bodies following yesterday's release of the Parliamentary Joint Committee report on FOFA. The 220 page report, which took into account over 70 submissions from concerned groups, contained ...

Conflict of interest still key issue: ASIC shadow shop

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... "consequences of how it might be applied". Sanders also maintained the number of submissions received by the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) reflected the ambiguity surrounding the legislation. "I think the general noise...in relation to the 73 submissions ...

No time for FOFA impact statement: OBPR

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... drafts had existed but timing was a factor in getting the statements to a suitable standard. In evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into the FOFA reforms held last month Jim Murphy, market group executive director for Treasury said ...