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ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... commissioner at $604,106, followed by John Price at $582,3094 and Danielle Press with $575,724. Taking to Twitter, Senator Andrew Bragg said it's time for a clean out at the regulator. "Too many commissioners. It's unclear who does what. Not ...

Super funds squander member money: Bragg

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
Senator Andrew Bragg is calling for greater scrutiny of how superannuation funds spend members' money, slamming the system that has enjoyed three decades of unquestioned opacity. Appearing at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia event ...

Changes to advice incoming: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Senator Andrew Bragg has confirmed legislative changes to advice are around the corner, telling Michael Rice the Corporations Act needs to be updated. Bragg, in conversation with Rice for a Financial Services Council webinar, said he is an avid user ...

AustralianSuper PYS fee under scrutiny again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... 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 review into member communication about the fee increase. Bragg ...

APRA questioned on fund liquidity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... prudential regulator has been questioned over super fund liquidity concerns by the Senate Economics Committee. Senator Andrew Bragg issued a letter to APRA putting the regulator on notice to answer a number of questions related to super funds. "I have ...

Sunsuper Labor donations rile Bragg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... 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 fund to the ALP. ...

Advice groups criticise rushed legislation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... "This is wrong on more than one level. As has been made clear through the Parliamentary committee process, by Senator Andrew Bragg and ASIC, intra-fund advice is personal advice," the AFA submission said. "The reason that there were no suggestions of ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Passed yesterday, the motion - brought by Senator Andrew Bragg -establishes a committee to inquire and report on fintech and regtech opportunities, barriers, and future trends. It will examine the "size and scope" of the opportunity fintech and regtech ...

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 ...

All options open for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... not be bound by the government. Asked whether the legislated increase to the superannuation guarantee or Senator Andrew Bragg's idea to make superannuation voluntary for workers earning less than $50,000 a year would be explored by the review, Morrison ...
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