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Why has ASIC still not got a chief executive?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... to a stronger internal governance structure, its acting chair Karen Chester has told the ASIC expenses enquiry. Liberal senator James Patterson, who is chairing the enquiry into ASIC expenses, asked Chester why the regulator hadn't appointed a chief ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... confirmed Crennan was made aware of the issues with the payments at the time ANAO raised concerns in August 2020. But Liberal Senator James Peterson said it struck him as a very unusual thing that the ANAO needed to write to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...

Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
A Liberal senator launched an attack against the superannuation industry, accusing the federal opposition of being communists and bowing to industry funds. A war of words broke out in the upper house yesterday when Liberals, who have been working for ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... Morrison urges unions and business to work together for the benefit of the nation. Jones' speech comes as Liberal Senator and former Financial Services Council policy director Andrew Bragg releases his book on how to fix the superannuation system ...

APRA quashes super liquidity concerns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... APRA been contacted by or informed by any super fund that it has or anticipates having any liquidity issues?" Liberal Senator James Paterson asked. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said the regulator had been keeping tabs on the liquidity positions of ...

Industry funds revise ERS modelling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services question on notice reveals. ASIC was asked by Liberal Senator and Committee chair James Paterson what action it had taken on ISA's decision to use nominal rather than real figures in ...

Sunsuper Labor donations rile Bragg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... hearing. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell was grilled by Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg over the prudential regulator's lack of opinion on the $11,000 donation made by the large Queensland super ...

SG amnesty bill finally passes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... the government has worked tirelessly to ensure the integrity of the superannuation guarantee," Hume said. The Liberal Senator and former AustralianSuper employee noted that neither of the two committee's the bill was sent to raised the issue, leading ...

FASEA chief unaware of dwindling adviser numbers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... adviser numbers during a recent Senate Estimates hearing. Appearing before the committee, Glenfield was asked by Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker whether the authority acknowledged the risk of losing experience financial advisers for whom the requirements ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has again criticised what he called a "culture war" in the superannuation sector, saying the industry should refocus its energy on members. In his speech at the Rice Warner Symposium on Monday, Bragg condemned the lack of ...