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EOFY means new laws and new products

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... board governance. Financial services industry representatives have also hinted expectations that the Financial System Inquiry may reach its conclusion this month. Below is a short list of superannuation and investment changes set to occur in July. SuperStream ...

IOOF execs asked to face Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... John Williams told Financial Standard. The hearing would fall under the Economics Committee Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry, which has previously grilled executives from ANZ, National Australia Bank (NAB), Macquarie Group and Commonwealth Bank. ...

Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... recommended by reviews under both Labor and Liberal governments with the Super System Review in 2009 and the Financial System Inquiry in 2014. Recognising existing super funds will need to reconstitute their boards as a result of these reforms, the government ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... into Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and other financial institutions in July 2014, following the release of the report of the inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). "For the meantime, the current Senate ...

VicSuper and Challenger launch integrated super retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
VicSuper has answered the Financial System Inquiry's call for superannuation trustees to introduce measures that will potentially protect members' longevity risk and improve efficiency in retirement. In conjunction with investment management firm Challenger ...

Independence on super boards should be skills based

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... considered timely as the financial services industry expects the federal government to respond to the Financial System Inquiry next month. Mercer believes a recommendation will be to assign a majority of independent directors on superannuation boards. ...

Lawyer slams NAB compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... questioned by the Senate Economics Committee during aA public hearing in Canberra as part of the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry. However, following the bank's appointment of Kingsford Smith, Committee chair and Labor Senator Sam Dastyari told Financial ...

NAB upgrades advice compensation program

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... recently by the Senate Economics Committee during a public hearing in Canberra as part of the Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry. Committee chair and Labor Senator Sam Dastyari told NAB chief executive: "Mr Thorburn, you throw around the word 'independent'. ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... able to choose any MySuper product to be the default fund for their workplace." Loane added that in the Financial System Inquiry, choice and competition were at the centre of recommendations on superannuation. It strongly endorsed the principle of a ...

Bank results underpin wealth management new era

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... and behaviour in the past. At the moment, a Parliamentary Joint Committee into financial advice, the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) and the Trowbridge report into risk advice are raising questions about the current model. "Although the industry is responding ...