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Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
In light of news about a potential Royal Commission, former assistant director of the division of enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission Jordan Thomas has said Australia's financial system could benefit from "substantial reassessment." ...

Government lagging on super policy: Labor

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... Breakfast series, Jim Chalmers, shadow minister for financial services and super, shadow minister for sport and shadow assistant minister for investment and productivity listed adequacy, tax concessions and the gender gap as the three key benchmarks ...

Trio Capital compensation complete

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... provided $71.7 million on compensation to eligible investors. Commenting on the decision, Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer said: "Because they are not covered by the SIS Act, in good faith the Government considered whether ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... trade weighted index appreciated by 1.1% last week and by 2.6% from the start of 2016. The RBA doesn't want that. RBA assistant governor Guy Debelle said so, telling the FX Australia week conference in Sydney that, "Most central banks want lower currencies ...

Adequacy benchmark to help define super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... pass the fairness test, super will - and should become - a significant election issue, if it isn't already." Federal Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer followed Garcia's speech by video and said the government was committed to "getting superannuation ...

Super tax concessions no gift

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
Industry superannuation fund Vision Super has hit out at Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer's assertion that super taxation concessions are a "gift", saying their implementation has been more about budget fixes. Vision Super said Australians have been ...

ING DIRECT director to join global parent

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... a former chief executive of Westpac New Zealand and the Bank of Melbourne. Before joining Westpac, Sherry was First Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Status of Women - advising the Prime Minister on policies and programs to improve the status ...

Narev apologetic in face of CommInsure allegations

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... reported that the likelihood of a dispute involving CommInsure was two per 100,000 policies. In April last year, then Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg warned the insurance industry to gets its house in order after ASIC found 37% of insurance advice ...

Parliament passes FoFA amendments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... provided to consumers and alleviate the unintended consequences that have arisen since the laws were introduced," said Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer. "The Coalition Government is committed to providing certainty and reducing complexity for business ...

Governance reform not targeting industry funds: O'Dwyer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Small Business Kelly O'Dwyer has insisted the proposed governance reforms for superannuation funds are not targeting the not-for-profit sector in a speech where she cited the privacy breach at Cbus as a sign that ...