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Coalition Senators head-to-head over FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... parliamentary confrontation against Finance Minister and Liberal Senator Mathias Cormann. The Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, chaired by Williams, has given Cormann 15 more sitting days to respond to concerns over the government's ...

Why are bonds no longer a safe haven?

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... global financial crisis (GFC) have meant that banks are required to hold more capital on their balance sheets. The new regulations have meant an increase in demand for so-called safe investments such as bonds, but this has also altered the risk profile ...

UK FCA to review social media guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... as YouTube, Instagram, Vine and Pinterest. The FCA added that while they have so far designed their communications regulations to be platform and channel neutral, they are nevertheless aware that different platforms raise possible regulatory questions ...

Government tables FoFA bill in House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... Palmer United Party (PUP) senators allowed the Coalition to maintain the changes to FoFA, which were introduced as regulations. However, the government needs to table the proposed amendments to the Parliament as legislation before the end of the year. ...

NAB launches super clearing house

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... and self-managed funds. NAB Super Pay also ensures employers are compliant with the Federal Government's SuperStream regulations, which come into effect in November 2014. "NAB Super Pay complements the full suite of superannuation products and services ...

More super changes inevitable: EY report

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
Further changes to superannuation regulations are inevitable and more work is needed to improve confidence in the system, according to EY's Australia-based global pension leader Graeme McKenzie. Releasing EY's new report, 'Building a better retirement ...

Submissions open for SuperStream pass through amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... Industry (Supervision) Amendment (Pass Through of Employee Details) Regulation 2014 (Regulation) is to amend the SIS Regulations so that, from 1 July 2015, a default fund of an employer that receives contributions data which relates to another superannuation ...

Passive FUM reaches all-time high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... industry that have provoked institutions to reconsider the benefits of index approaches. These trends include new regulations which emphasises cost reductions (such as MySuper), while others stem from product innovations in the indexing space, such smart ...

Regulators relaxed about social media: IOSCO

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... 2013 and focused heavily on how regulators monitor the use of social media and whether they are introducing special regulations governing it. In a statement, IOSCO said; "The use of social media by intermediaries is in its nascent stage but, across the ...

Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... rather than potential returns. "Many hedge funds have fundamentally re-evaluated their business models following new regulations which call for transparency. Investors want to see that the back- and middle-office organisation is in place and that their ...