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Banking and Finance Oath reshuffles board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... member Clare Payne acknowledged some of the changes that the industry has gone through over the last few years. "We've seen Senate inquiries where individuals and organisations have had to come forward and explain what has happened and we have seen incentives ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... betrayal of the women of Australia." That is the view of not-for-profit group Women in Super, who recently submitted to the Senate inquiry into economic security of women in retirement. Among widely held recommendations to immediately increase the superannuation ...

NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
The Senate inquiry in to economic security of women in retirement has been told the federal government's first priority should be including super guarantee contributions in the Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme. Both National Australia Bank (NAB) and ...

Labor opposes super trustee governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... and Chris Ketter have dissented from a report recommending the bill on superannuation trustee governance be passed in the Senate today. The dissenting senators believe the bill "blindly conflates and confuses trustee governance with shareholder governance" ...

ASIC grilled on whistleblower compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
Financial compensation for corporate whistleblowers is back on the agenda after the Senate Economics Committee grilled representatives from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). At the latest Senate Economics Committee hearing ...

Super trustee bill before the Senate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee is expected to table its report on new superannuation trustee governance laws today ahead of debating a proposed bill in the Senate tomorrow. If passed the bill will require all Australian Prudential Regulation ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Paying super on parental leave could help gender gap: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... risk than men of not being able to live comfortably in retirement. The report is timely considering there is a current Senate Standing Committee on economic security for women in retirement. Mercer's report also shows men are earning performance bonuses ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... designed to provide a universal access to savings in retirement not to replace the Age Pension safety net." HESTA supports the senate inquiry to address women's superannuation adequacy issues and will make a submission to calling for reforms to ensure ...

CBA whistleblower flags unfair compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... Advice Review program by a former employee. Former Open Advice Review assessment manager Russell Phillips alleged at the Senate Standing Committees on Economics Scrutiny of Financial Advice public hearing in Melbourne that the bank structured its compensation ...