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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 ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... services industry. She was a policy adviser to Peter Costello for four years, has served as chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics from 2013 and was an executive at National Australia Bank (NAB) in 2007. Financial Planning ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... of Business has been studying hedge funds for close to four decades and has even testified before the House of Representatives in the US. He predicts that the best hedge fund talent will move to the relatively unregulated and opaque family office sector. ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... have the potential to disrupt financial stability in the United States," Lew said in testimony to the House of Representatives financial services committee." Thank you Yahoo News. And then there's this statement from Fed Chair Janet Yellen after the ...

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating financial services misconduct. In a speech to the House of Representatives on March 19, Dreyfus said that the amendments were necessary due to the "significant shortcomings" of the original bill. ...

APRA shakes up executive team, addresses super conflicts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... its mission for the well-being of the Australian community." Byres also recently appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, outlining APRA's current objectives. He discussed lending standards for housing, FSI recommendations ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is due to appear before the House of Representatives Economics Committee. In equities news, Newcrest, Sims Metal Management and Automotive Holdings are expected to post half year ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Wednesday. For two, the dollar-A's already weakening. For three, recall Gov Glenns' "Opening Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics" last August where he told his audience, "if that really would be helpful" he would cut ...