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Drop in regulator staff numbers under coalition

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
There has been a sharp decline in staff numbers at the regulators policing the financial services industry in the Coalition government's three years in office, according to a new report by the Australia Institute. Average Australian Securities and Investments ...

HESTA reduces equities carbon footprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... looked across the full range of success criteria and alignment with the Montreal Pledge and the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition, "we sought the best combination of robustness, intuition and transparency. "The research validated our unique outcome-oriented ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... their strategy within the two degree targets set by the Paris agreement." The resolution, co-filed by CalPERS and a coalition of asset owners assembled by CCLA Investment Management, focuses on five specific areas: ongoing operational emissions management ...

Parliament passes FoFA amendments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... unintended consequences that have arisen since the laws were introduced," said Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer. "The Coalition Government is committed to providing certainty and reducing complexity for business and financial advisers, whilst maintaining ...

Pensioners want DB decision reversed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... restriction on DB income that can be excluded from the pension income test. "As a result of a Budget measure supported by the Coalition, Labor and The Greens, the maximum 'tax exempt amount' is limited to 10% of the defined benefit pension. It was previously ...

No change to super tax subsidy measure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... Council and the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and the fact that the Committee is dominated by the Coalition, the Committee in its final report has been unable to rule against the current TES methodology. The Committee has nevertheless ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Secretary as part of Prime Minister Turnbull's move to "restore traditional Cabinet government." "The gold standard of good Coalition Cabinet government was during the Howard government and as you are aware, Arthur was at the centre of that as John Howard's ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Labor and the Coalition are opposing renewed calls from Greens senators for a Royal Commission into financial advice and financial institutions. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson filed a notice of motion on Tuesday calling on the government "to establish ...

Greens strike pension test deal with coalition

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
A deal between the Coalition and the Greens means special consideration will be given to retirement incomes in the federal government's Tax Discussion Paper, and proposed changes to the pension asset test will be passed by parliament. The deal was struck ...

ANZ taps clean investing with green bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Australia as ANZ issues its first green bond and Local Government Super (LGS) joins the global Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC). ANZ's first green bond will fund projects that have positive environmental or climate benefits. More specifically ...