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Treasury responds to ABA derision over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... Treasury lodged on Monday, ABA chief executive Anna Bligh claimed the lack of a regulatory impact statement is in direct opposition to the Government's own guide to regulation, stating: "The Government has failed to meet its own criteria around transparency ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... superannuation policies right, proving they cannot be trusted with more than $2.1 trillion in assets, according to the Federal Opposition. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen and Shadow Revenue and Financial Services Minister Katy Gallagher said in a joint ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Opposition leader Bill Shorten is rejecting claims Treasurer Scott Morrison's 2017-18 Budget is anything like a 'Labor Budget.' Shorten went on Twitter to say the Coalition's budget is "out of touch", as a Labor Budget wouldn't slash school funding ...

Labor renews calls for banking Royal Commission

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... of financial misconduct in this country, preferring instead to protect his banking friends," Senator Ketter added. Opposition financial services spokesperson Katy Gallagher seconded the call adding: "this overwhelming response shows just how deep community ...

Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... superannuation funds will be banned from direct borrowing under an expanded housing affordability policy unveiled by the Federal Opposition today. Speaking to media this morning, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said the policy will target a $24 billion ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... Industry Super Australia, the SMSF Association, and the Financial Services Council have all remained emphatic in their opposition to the policy. "This proposal could reduce retirement savings and drive up housing prices while doing nothing to address ...

Past Morgan Stanley adviser hit with permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... actions, each of the clients' superannuation accounts were significantly exposed to short cash-covered ETO positions in opposition to the risk profiles they had declared. It was also found that Panayiotides knew, or ought to reasonably know, that there ...

Fight for workplace equality and diversity far from over

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... Hoyle, BT senior marketing specialist, customer communications and Stella Network lead Julia Newbould, and former NSW opposition leader Kerry Chikarovski. Discussing means by which to increase the number of women in leadership positions across the private ...

SMSF satisfaction belies uncertainty

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... to policy matters, most respondents (47%) were actually unaware of whether to support the Federal Government or the Opposition in regards to their respective policies on superannuation, even though 66% indicated that superannuation policy influenced ...

Turnbull putting industry fund governance back on the table

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... one-third non-union board representation rule for industry funds. This became clear given his wider condemnation of Labor's opposition to the establishment of the Registered Organisations Commission, which he said ensures that "registered organisations ...