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Standing up for risk advisers

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... Association of Financial Advisers remained a part of the Life Insurance Framework discussions to avoid a "lottery" in the Senate, according to chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking at the AFA 2015 National Adviser Conference in Cairns, Fox discussed the ...

Governance Institute pulls support for super bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... detriment of genuine governance outcomes," a statement from the organisation said. The Governance Institute's submission to the Senate Economics Committee argues that a legislative solution to the issue of board independence "will have unintended consequences ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... parliament with the belief there are too many holes for women in Australia's current retirement savings system. Ahead of the Senate public hearing looking at economic security for women in retirement, Women In Super chair Cate Wood said a range of policy ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... stronger competitive tensions, the Financial Services Council has said. A new report released in the FSC's submission to the Senate Economics Inquiry into the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) Bill 2015 shows that increasing scale ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... on the 1st of next month. And it's real. As per Business Insider, "Stan Collender, who has worked on both the House and Senate Budget Committees, now estimates a three-in-four chance the government shuts down at the end of the month - up from 67% last ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Scott Morrison was appointed Treasurer, while Finance Minister Mathias Cormann kept his role and was also appointed deputy Senate leader. A number of industry organisations told Financial Standard they were hoping that Josh Frydenberg would keep his ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... companies "at risk" remains from "an unacceptably low base". The comments formed part of ACSI's recent submission to the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry in to foreign bribery. ACSI recommends the government harmonises Australia's legal ...

HESTA divests from Transfield

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... Transfield statement said. It also said the details of 67 incidents at Nauru are contained in the company's submission to a Senate inquiry, publicly available on the Senate's website.

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
Issues around Australia's gender retirement income gap are expected to be reviewed by March next year after the Senate was instructed to conduct an inquiry yesterday. A cross-party motion by Senators Jenny McAllister (Labor), Sean Edwards (Liberal) ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... if Labor did not want to support changes to super board governance A he was still confident the reforms would pass the Senate. Frydenberg also addressed issues about foreign investment, life insurance, professional standards, and the ongoing role of ...