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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 ...

Axe super for low-income earners: Senator

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... per annum. Lashing the super industry in his first speech to the Senate, new Liberal Senator for New South Wales Andrew Bragg said compulsory super had "made the unions, banks and insurers richer than ever", and questioned the system's efficiency ...

FSC names new director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
The Financial Services Council is welcoming a new director of policy. Replacing Andrew Bragg is Allan Hansell. He spent the last six years as senior manager, government and regulatory affairs with ANZ Wealth in Sydney. Prior to that he held a similar ...

Bragg to leave FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
The Financial Services Council's director of policy Andrew Bragg will leave the industry body at the end of November. Bragg has been a member of the FSC's policy team since 2009 and was appointed director of policy in 2014. He is joining the Menzies ...

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... Inquiry," she recalls, "and I saw the FSC team burst into a well-oiled machine. Obviously, the FSC under John Brogden and Andrew Bragg had put in a number of submissions into the FSI, so what came out of that was obviously going to be extremely important. ...

FSC proposes Budget fixes to boost fin services exports

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... Budget to implement the 2009 Johnson Review recommendations to bolster the export of Australian financial services. Andrew Bragg, FSC Director of Policy said: "Significant tax and policy changes are required to allow the financial services industry to ...

FSC calls for 22% company tax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... Australia's which is 30%. The company tax rate in the UK is being lowered to 18% in 2020. FSC director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "Australia needs a new tax mix to create growth, jobs and investment. Our modelling shows a new tax mix can be fully funded ...