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NAB to face Senate grilling over advice scandal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) head of wealth Andrew Hagger will face tough questioning from the Senate Economics Committee at a hearing in Melbourne this afternoon. "The reason why we called this hearing is because we want to get to the bottom of this ...

ECT reforms pass Senate

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... a tweet shortly after Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced that the legislation change had been passed by the Senate.

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... trading last week. 'Tis so because the RBA must counter the Fed's counter move delivered on 23-24 Feb when Yellen told the Senate and then Congress that she'll remain "patient" for a little while longer. You think Janet's being magnanimous? No way, Jose. ...

Medcraft addresses ASIC's NAB response

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
In his opening statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, ASIC chair Greg Medcraft addressed the recent media coverage of NAB Wealth's compensation to its advice clients. "We have started our information gathering from NAB Wealth using ...

Say when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... meeting-by-meeting basis", "on the basis of incoming data". This, to me, is Janet's main message in her testimony before the US Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee last night. Can't expect the lady to tell us when, when she and her band ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... tomorrow and the day after tomorrow - and her name is Janet. The Fed Chairman will be testifying on monetary policy before the Senate Banking Committee those days. Shouldn't markets be fretting about any surprises that could come out of Aunt Janet's ...

Nationals pressure Treasury for RC into white collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... and negotiated between Williams and the Treasurer, the Senator said. Williams is the Senator who tabled the motion for a Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in mid-2013. ...

Super tax subs worth $30bn in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Just as the government prepares to release the latest edition of the Intergenerational Report and recommence the Senate battle to pass its 2014-15 Budget, Treasury has released its Tax Expenditures statement showing that superannuation tax subsidies ...

Industry waiting on Frydenberg for adviser education guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... industry is waiting on newly-appointed Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to make public the government's position on the Senate inquiry into adviser education standards. Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and conduct Dante ...

FPA sets sights on lifting professional standards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... education and professional standards. The FPA welcomes this and we are pleased to see that the Financial System Inquiry, Senate Inquiry into the Performance of ASIC and most recently the PJC Inquiry have widely supported the measures we called for in ...