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Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... This is an area where we observe industry practices can be improved," APRA chair Wayne Byres told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra. APRA is also taking a closer look at board member appointment and processes for ...

Labor wants stronger LIF rules

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... Chalmers. Discussing the Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016 in the House of Representatives on March 3, Chalmers said that while the legislation "picks up some of the concerns in these reviews," Labor still has ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... much has changed in 18 months - the time back in August 2014 when RBA Governor Glenn Stevens told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that he has done enough, "You can't make people be confident, I certainly can't." "I've allowed ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The Life Insurance Framework is expected to be put to the House of Representatives by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer this week. The government released exposure draft legislation in December 2015, based on the framework, which O'Dwyer said at the ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... Thus, US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's eagerly anticipated semi-annual testimony before the US House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Services offered nothing new. "...labor market conditions have improved substantially" and "there is ...

No change to super tax subsidy measure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... parliamentary inquiry that the Tax Expenditures Statement misrepresents the cost of superannuation subsidies. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue has just issued its report into its review of the Tax Expenditures Statement ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... bill from autumn 2015, once it was introduced in March 2015, took nearly six months to be debated in the House of Representatives. Out of the $56.8 million in savings from the three sets of bills only $14 million have passed the parliament," Chalmers ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... and have significantly outperformed bank-owned funds over the past 25 years. The attack comes after the House of Representatives passed the superannuation trustee governance bill on Tuesday evening and after several parliamentarians debated the issue. ...

New super Shadow Minister as PM acknowledges Labor's plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Investment, and deputy chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue. Chalmers said the financial services and superannuation industries are "at the ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... of 2008. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor said as much when he testified before the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics 08 18 September - which incidentally marked his 9th anniversary as RBA head. "For Australia ...