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IOOF execs asked to face Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... sent today to IOOF chief executive Chris Kelaher and to the business' head of research Peter Hilton, a spokesperson for Nationals' Senator John Williams told Financial Standard. The hearing would fall under the Economics Committee Scrutiny of Financial ...

Opposition welcomes SME package, slams Google tax

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... has given his backing to small business tax cuts made in the budget but has branded the so-called crack-down on multi-nationals "a cop out". "We welcome the small business package," he told the ABC's Leigh Sales. "We support the lower corporate tax rate. ...

Sacked Macquarie advisers still in the industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... allegedly using to cheat on their exams: "There is no evidence that it existed at all," he said. Moore was reminded that Nationals Senator John Williams personally gave a copy of the file to Macquarie employees. Moore answered: "You gave us an answer ...

Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... financial advice industry" the numerous financial advice scandals that have been unveiled over the last few months. Nationals Senator John Williams said he specifically wants to ask ANZ about the 8,500 clients of the bank's advice division who did not ...

NAB to face Senate grilling over advice scandal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... about what went on, what's going on and what they are prepared to say about the most recent scandal," Dastyari said. Nationals' Senator John Williams, who recently filed a formal request with Treasury to set up the Royal Commission, noted that the Economics ...

Nationals pressure Treasury for RC into white collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Nationals' Senator John Williams has given Treasury the suggested terms of reference for a Royal Commission into white collar crime. Williams confirmed to Financial Standard that he gave the documents to Treasurer Joe Hockey's chief of staff two weeks ...

New SIV proposals a boon to venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Foreign nationals seeking residency in Australia under the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program will need to pump significant funds into venture capital projects and small companies if proposals tabled by Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb ...

Industry needs unified solution to insurance "failure": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... ASIC around allegations of cheating and irregularities in exams," ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Medcraft refused Nationals' Senator John Williams statement that ASIC would have lost the so-called 'Penske File', which contained the responses to the ...

Coalition Senators head-to-head over FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The government's reforms to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) could be disallowed by Nationals' Senator John Williams after he staged a parliamentary confrontation against Finance Minister and Liberal Senator Mathias Cormann. The Senate Standing ...

Impartiality of FWC Expert Panel challenged again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The impartiality of the Fair Work Commission's two Expert Panels has again been challenged, with Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie calling on member Tim Harcourt to resign on the grounds that he is "biased towards the Labor Party." While Harcourt is ...