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YFYS net must be cast wider: Cbus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... until all underperforming funds have been removed from the system. Speaking at the Senate Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into the Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021, Cbus chief executive Justin Arter is concerned that ...

ABC, ISH arrangement faces scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... complex arrangements and quantify the financial terms between industry superannuation funds and the ABC, a parliamentary inquiry heard this morning. The prudential regulator, which appeared before the Standing Committee Economics, had no answers to Member ...

Aged care RC unveils 148 recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... the aged care system is plagued by complexity and systemic problems that puts the most vulnerable at risk, the landmark inquiry found in its in final report. The final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, tabled in parliament ...

AFCA chair under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... to Financial Standard, Alphinity portfolio manager Bruce Smith said he isn't sure how Coonan sailed through the NSW inquiry into Crown - which found the company was not suitable to hold a casino licence - and kept her position as chair. "Helen Coonan ...

ASIC to take targeted approach with PIP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... intervention may result in less regulation of industry overall," Hughes said. "In recommending PIP, the Financial System Inquiry identified the objective of limiting or avoiding the future need for more prescriptive regulation." Hughes also spoke about ...

Financial services sees improved mental health

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... insurance services workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The leap comes after a challenging few years, following the Senate Inquiry into Insurance and the Royal Commission. The report found that the industry's overall thriving workplace score leapt to ...

Reference checks should cover all advice: FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... slammed the advice industry for its poor background-checking practices, urging it to follow in the footsteps of the ABA. The inquiry found licensees frequently failed to respond adequately to requests for references on their previous employees, and when ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... auditor misconduct, delve into conflicts of interest, and force more transparency in audit inspection results. A recent inquiry into the audit sector stopped short of breaking up vertical integration within providers of the big accounting and audit firms ...

RBA adds former BT director to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... director of BHP, BT Investment Management and Westpac. Hewson has also served as a panel member of the Financial System Inquiry and is a member of the Growth Centres Advisory Committee. Her term will commence on 29 March 2021 following the conclusion ...

Clive Palmer ramps up calls for Shipton's head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... has previously claimed that ASIC is refusing to release freedom of information material on Shipton and has called for an inquiry into ASIC itself. "James Shipton is being paid almost 20 times the average Australian wage to do nothing. The CEO of Australia ...