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No change to super tax subsidy measure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... parliamentary inquiry that the Tax Expenditures Statement misrepresents the cost of superannuation subsidies. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue has just issued its report into its review of the Tax Expenditures Statement ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... that money and would shrink our national income further," he said. On that, Varoufakis said he had the support of representatives from the entire global political spectrum, "from the libertarian Tea Party wing of the [US] Republican Party to the extreme ...

HNW advice group faces licence conditions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... is facing having conditions placed on its licence by ASIC following serious breach incidents. Morgans Financial representatives were monitored by ASIC, which identified "a number of serious breach incidents over recent years." The regulator was concerned ...

Super fund governance bill enters final debate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... "employer representative" which "seems like a very big change in the context of the overall aim of this bill." Representatives of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) told the committee that the equal representation model was successful in fostering ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... superannuation funds start to reflect the same requirements they impose on listed companies that they invest in. All the representatives of the superannuation sector sitting on the ASX Corporate Governance Council require listed companies to have a majority ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... bill from autumn 2015, once it was introduced in March 2015, took nearly six months to be debated in the House of Representatives. Out of the $56.8 million in savings from the three sets of bills only $14 million have passed the parliament," Chalmers ...

ASIC grilled on whistleblower compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... Financial compensation for corporate whistleblowers is back on the agenda after the Senate Economics Committee grilled representatives from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). At the latest Senate Economics Committee hearing ...

Finsia partners with Hong Kong institute

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... Investments Federation (ASIF). ASIF is the peak body for securities institutes in the Asian region and includes representatives from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taipei and Thailand. The HKSI Institute offers a comprehensive program of ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... and have significantly outperformed bank-owned funds over the past 25 years. The attack comes after the House of Representatives passed the superannuation trustee governance bill on Tuesday evening and after several parliamentarians debated the issue. ...

Bowen draws red line on default fund choice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... said. Bowen argued that industry funds are free of conflict because their boards are run by union and employee representatives. "We would not accept any watering down of the very important protections to ensure that the best interest of members is put ...