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Public sector retirees still seek answers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... more than $465 million in budget savings over forward estimates. Before the new cap was passed in the Senate, Queensland Senator Claire Moore said about 46,000 pensioners will see their allowance reduced by an average of $2,150 a year or $82.70 a fortnight. ...

Narev defends CommInsure record, wrote to five customers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
CBA chief executive Ian Narev has defended his company's life insurance arm in a letter to Senator Chris Ketter, noting he wrote to five affected customers recently. Referencing CBA's submission to the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny ...

Fintechs to drive Australia's economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... investment adviser and fund manager Stockspot was a notable wealth management addition inside the top 50. At the launch Federal Senator Arthur Sinodinos said Australia's future technology innovation, including fintech, can build something more complex ...

Is tapping into super to pay off student debt a good idea?

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... current student debt or to pay for tertiary education which has been so far out of reach. The idea, originally floated by WA Senator Chris Back, argues that allowing people to use accumulated super to pay off a student loan will over the course of their ...

We can do better for women in retirement: Senator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
Senator Jenny McAllister has renewed calls for federal parliament to include gender analyses every time a policy is put before the country's key decision makers. Delivering the inaugural Mavis Robertson address at the Conference of Major Superannuation ...

FSC defends industry self-regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... following the news that the issue will now be raised in the Senate's Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry. On March 8, Senator John Williams amended the inquiry to include a scrutiny of the life insurance industry, which will investigate (among other ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... investigations by adopting calls to examine the country's life insurance sector. With support from all sides of politics, Senator John Williams has amended the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry's terms of reference to look at several aspects of the ...

US resistance to DOL fiduciary rule gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... excessive compliance burden. The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Republican Senator Ron Johnson, has meanwhile criticised the DOL for ignoring concerns raised by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC). ...

Super's purpose under further scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... federal legislation is becoming clear as more ideas are floated about how to best use the savings pool. Western Australia Senator Chris Back has proposed that super could be used by university graduates to pay off Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... more than $465 million in budget savings over forward estimates. Before the new cap was passed in the Senate, Queensland Senator Claire Moore said about 46,000 pensioners will see their allowance reduced by an average of $2,150 a year or $82.70 a fortnight. ...