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Sunsuper Labor donations rile Bragg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
A Sunsuper donation of $11,000 to the Australian Labor Party has come under intense scrutiny in a Senate committee hearing. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell was grilled by Liberal Senator Andrew ...

AMP to cull super trustee, five funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... to administration, product development and related services. AMP's response came on the back of a question from Victorian Labor MP Daniel Mulino, who asked the wealth manager to demonstrate how its fundamental relationships had shifted since the Royal ...

Complexity equals risk: IOOF chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... executive Renato Mota said the firm's former complex organisational structure was responsible for additional risk. Asked by Labor MP Daniel Mulino whether IOOF's super business had a more complex structure than other superannuation funds, Mota ...

Labor supports FASEA extension, confusion remains

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
A financial adviser told Financial Standard he recently approached his local Labor member to ask that the party support the extension to the FASEA deadline, only to find it already does. Terry Pinnell, a financial adviser and chair of the Ethical Advisers' ...

Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... opportunity to hit the Coalition over the recent agitations of a number of government MPs toward the super system. The Labor party argued for a carve-out in the bill which would have allowed funds with cohorts of members employed in high-risk occupations ...

Politicians dishonest about fraud: VOFF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) hit out at the Labor Party's treatment of the Trio fraud, claiming Australian politicians are "dishonest" when it comes to handling fraud conduct. In an open letter to Labor's newly minted Shadow Assistant Treasurer ...

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... University of Western Sydney, and led the association's consultation with government on FASEA reforms, and push against the Labor Party's proposed changes to franking credits.

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... growth cap) will go a long way towards slowing/stopping/reversing the fall and fall in property prices. Not to mention the Labor Party's defeat at the May elections and its proposal to limit negative gearing and halve the capital gains discount from ...

Liberal win stuns, ASX rallies: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... T. Rowe Price Randal Jenneke said Australians voted for growth and jobs over a radical policy agenda offered by the Labor Party. "This message came loud and clear particularly from the outer suburbs of our capital cities and regional areas. In particular ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... property prices, that'll go a long way into adding to the wealth effect in the domestic economy. Not to mention the Labor Party's defeat - and its proposal to limit negative gearing and halve the capital gains discount form 50% to 25%. As I've ...