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Labor fights phoenix fraud

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
The Federal Opposition is acting to protect employees and small businesses from phoenix activity through a package of proposed reforms. The package will see the granting of new enforcement tools for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Treasurer launches new financial system inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... system's productivity and international competitiveness, Treasurer Scott Morrison said. While Morrison did not specifically reference the big four banks, he said the inquiry will focus on "contestability and concentration in key segments of the financial ...

ATO blamed for SG non-payment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
The Australian Tax Office's "inadequate" approach to policing superannuation guarantee payments has exacerbated the growing problem of non-compliance, a Senate committee report found. The ATO's reactive rather than proactive practices significantly ...

AUSTRAC launches tool to help advisers fight terrorism

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... to financial planners of the AML/CTF risks they face in their businesses. This new guide provides a useful and easy reference tool for planners to keep on hand and is a welcomed development by AUSTRAC."

Labor renews calls for banking Royal Commission

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
Senate Economics References Committee chairman Chris Ketter has justified Labor's calls for a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector, citing a flood of angry consumer complaints. In a submission to the Senate Inquiry into Consumer ...

Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... sufficiently aligned with member obligations; and funds should publish claims philosophy online in full or summary form. In reference to suitable timeframes, the ISWG proposed issue of claim forms at the request of claimants be made within five business ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... March FOMC meeting minutes were released and... Wall Street saw that it wasn't good. This is because while the Fed's reference to the reinvestment of principal payments from its portfolio holdings was largely innocuous in its 15 March policy statement ...

Mobile education drives advice professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... end-to-end compliance and risk management system at the AFSL, practice and planner levels. In this way, the wealthdigital reference library will provide support, training, and professional development resources and power the qualifications and ongoing ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... European Atomic Energy Community. References in this letter to the European Union should therefore be taken to include a reference to the European Atomic Energy Community." In the six-page letter, May proposed seven principles for discussion between ...

Profit-to-member super funds must restore trust: AIST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... people charged with that responsibility, and share our stories of success on behalf of members' best interests." Drawing reference to the 2017 Edelman global trust barometer, Scheerlinck made note of the 59% Australians who believe the democratic system ...