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Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... regards to the remuneration of ASIC chair James Shipton and former deputy chair Daniel Crennan. At the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, chair of the committee Senator James Paterson asked auditor general Grant Hehir ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... recommendations on how the quality of audits in Australia can be improved. Some of the issues the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services delved into included looking at potential conflicts of interests that arise in providing ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... minister Jane Hume, despite the proposal being rejected by a parliamentary committee in 2018. "The Parliamentary Joint Committee made a series of sensible findings and recommendations which would ensure that consumers were protected from potential insurer ...

Cyber criminals jump on ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... JobKeeper schemes, according to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. ACCC chair Rod Simms told the joint committee on COVID-19 criminal activity and law enforcement that over 60% of COVID-19 scams are phishing scams aimed at collecting identity ...

Industry super accused of misleading consumers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... the term 'industry super'. The subject arose as Falinski questioned ASIC during the Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services on its litigation against Mayfair 101. Part of ASIC's case against Mayfair 101 is ...

AMP advisers low priority for ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... value of advice businesses was not a priority for the regulator. In a letter to the chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations Senator James Paterson, O'Neil said she would like the committee to look into BOLR agreements being slashed ...

AustralianSuper PYS fee under scrutiny again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... Protecting Your Super' to cover the cost of the fund complying with new legislation. At the Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services Senator Andrew Bragg asked ASIC commissioner Danielle Press how ASIC's review ...

Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
The Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services looking into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry sparked a heated debate today. Menzies Research Centre chief of staff James Mathias was questioned ...

Calls to investigate treatment of AMP advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... this matter, as I understand theAMP banking arm has funded the operation, and to prepare a full report for the Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services oversight hearing on July 13," she said. A spokesperson for AMP said that the decision ...

Litigation funders will need AFSLs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... funder, the merged Omni Bridgeway and IMF Bentham supported the call for regulation last week as the parliamentary joint committee inquiry into class actions and litigation funding got underway. "As the pioneer of litigation funding in Australia, Omni ...