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Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
A clear objective within superannuation will result in better regulation for all parts of the industry, according to a panel of experts. Opening the second day of the Self-managed Super Fund Association's national conference in Melbourne this morning ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... serving their customers were under extraordinary pressure to sell, sell, sell." The FSU said better governance, better regulation and better culture are the three major changes needed to clean up the sector. Self-regulation has failed in the sector with ...

CBA innovation hubs go global

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... start-up communities to the latest fintech developments. Yesterday New South Wales Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, Victor Dominello, released a state government Collaborative Ecomony Position Paper which acknowledged the peer-to-peer sector ...

Australian fintech network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... stating more than $12 billion is being invested globally in to fintech annually. NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, Victor Dominello, said financial services was a larger contributor to the state's economy than mining. Afiniation will ...

Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... their employees, nor necessarily have the time or expertise." Submissions to the government's discussion paper, 'Better regulation and governance, enhanced transparency and improved competition in superannuation' are closed. The government has given ...

Industry resists full portfolio disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... transparency of portfolio holdings. In submissions to Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' discussion paper, 'Better regulation and governance, enhanced transparency and improved competition in superannuation industry bodies', industry bodies were conservative ...

Pressure mounts on super in modern awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... yearly review. It came just a day after the submissions deadline for the government's discussion paper entitled, 'Better regulation and governance, enhanced transparency and improved competition in superannuation'. The 'improved competition in superannuation' ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... investment. I want investors to actively take an interest in the financial outcomes." The discussion paper, entitled 'Better regulation and governance, enhanced transparency and improved competition in superannuation', also focused heavily on Labor's ...

Industry agrees: SMSFs are not for everyone

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... bodies have welcomed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) consultation paper asking for better regulation for establishing and advising self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). "The announcement by ASIC today is consistent with ...

AusFIN calls for 'fairer outcomes'

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
A number of associations, trade unions and interest groups have banded together to push for better regulation in financial services. The newly formed Australian Financial Integrity Network (AusFIN) is made up of various bodies including industry heavyweights ...