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Updated life code released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... incorporating feedback from the first draft's consultation. The FSC has also taken into account feedback from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into the life insurance industry, ASIC reviews, Productivity ...

Class action consultation opens

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... last year, the government is consulting on the recommendations for litigation funding and class actions. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services Report Litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry ...

Chester eyes ASIC chair role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... regulator, taking over from James Shipton who will step down as soon as the right candidate is announced. A Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee this morning heard that Chester "tossed her hat in the ring", expressing interest in chairing ASIC after ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... in regards to the remuneration of ASIC chair James Shipton and former deputy chair Daniel Crennan. At the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, chair of the committee Senator James Paterson asked auditor general Grant ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... made 10 recommendations on how the quality of audits in Australia can be improved. Some of the issues the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services delved into included looking at potential conflicts of interests that arise ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... assistant minister Jane Hume, despite the proposal being rejected by a parliamentary committee in 2018. "The Parliamentary Joint Committee made a series of sensible findings and recommendations which would ensure that consumers were protected from potential ...

Industry super accused of misleading consumers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... for using the term 'industry super'. The subject arose as Falinski questioned ASIC during the Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services on its litigation against Mayfair 101. Part of ASIC's case against Mayfair ...

AMP advisers low priority for ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... slashing the value of advice businesses was not a priority for the regulator. In a letter to the chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations Senator James Paterson, O'Neil said she would like the committee to look into BOLR agreements ...

AustralianSuper PYS fee under scrutiny again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... fee - Protecting Your Super' to cover the cost of the fund complying with new legislation. At the Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services Senator Andrew Bragg asked ASIC commissioner Danielle Press how ASIC's ...

Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
The Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services looking into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry sparked a heated debate today. Menzies Research Centre chief of staff James Mathias was questioned ...