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Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... They argued the changes reduced protection from dodgy financial advice. At the time, the government had the support of Senator Lambie and PUP ally Ricky Muir. But on Wednesday both senators announced they would back the opposition, helping give Labor ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... into breach of law. The motion is supported by a Senate majority of 25 Labor Senators, 10 Greens Senators, independent Senator Nick Xenophon, Palmer United Party (PUP) Senator Jacqui Lambie and Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party Senator Ricky Muir. ...

Questions raised about ANZ and Timbercorp

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... evidence presented at the first hearing of the Senate inquiry in forestry managed investment schemes was explosive," Greens' Senator Peter Whish-Wilson told Financial Standard. "I look forward to reading ANZ's full submission very closely when it finally ...

CBA appoints litigators as customer advocates

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... come to the Committee. "They sent their lawyers; they would not send their CEO. I think it is a welcomed development." Senator Dastyari was not available for comment at the time of publishing.

Cormann to welcome cyclist advisers at FPA conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... via the Great Ocean Road- will be greeted at their arrival by the financial planning community and by guest of honour, Senator Mathias Cormann. Cyclists will complete a seven-day journey from November 13 to 19 by riding into the welcome event of the ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... stakeholders for this error and the confusion it may have caused," acting Treasury secretary Jan Harris said in a statement. Senator Sinodinos stood aside from as assistant treasurer in March while he faced questions from the Independent Commission Against ...

Industry needs unified solution to insurance "failure": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... around allegations of cheating and irregularities in exams," ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Medcraft refused Nationals' Senator John Williams statement that ASIC would have lost the so-called 'Penske File', which contained the responses to the exams ...

AFA to lobby for MySuper opt in arrangement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is concerned that mandatory transfer to default MySuper products could lead to consumers losing their existing insurance arrangements and asked for an opt-in arrangement to MySuper. AFA chief executive Brad ...

Coalition secures PUP support on FoFA vote

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... Advice (FoFA) legislation after it secured the support from Palmer United Party (PUP) and other crossbench Senators. Labor Senator Sam Dastiary's attempt to disallow the government's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) failed for ...

Coalition Senators head-to-head over FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The government's reforms to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) could be disallowed by Nationals' Senator John Williams after he staged a parliamentary confrontation against Finance Minister and Liberal Senator Mathias Cormann. The Senate Standing ...