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Royal Commission challenges super regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... - namely Westpac - to "test the law" and obtain enforceable undertakings against others in the hope the misconduct would stop. Hodge countered this view, stating ASIC's practise of accepting enforceable undertakings is "more likely to encourage conduct ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... Coalition. But what can we expect? When every word that comes out of the Coalition parliamentarian's gob is their aim to stop Labor from getting elected - and vice versa. It's very sad that the days when political parties compete for votes via presenting ...

Chief economist update: A new currency is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
Want a massive pay rise? An immediate 3464% (no typos there, it's a three thousand four hundred and sixty four percent) bump up in your wages? Pack your bags and move to Venezuela! You'll have to thank Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for ...

ASIC defends enforceable undertakings at Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
ASIC's favourite method of tackling misconduct came under fire as the Royal Commission capped off its round of superannuation hearings on Friday. First up was Tim Mullaly, a senior executive leader in ASIC's financial services enforcement division. ...

CFS and a messy MySuper transition

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... help decide if they wanted to stay]," Elkins said. "We should have". "The purpose of this letter was to assist Colonial to stop committing an offence," Hodge said, suggesting that it wasn't in members' best interest. By this time, the CFS board had been ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... precipitous slide in the currency that could another set of problem for the RBNZ - i.e. it might have to raise interest rates to stop funds outflow and/or an unwanted surge in inflation. The New Zealand dollar is now trading at US$0.6595, down another ...

Farmers should urgently access super: Advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... Government's relief package may not reach the farmers in time. "Accessing just $10,000 from superannuation might be a lifesaver to stop the shooting of starving farm animals caused by drought," they said. The amnesty should be tax free and apply ...

NULIS names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... members and deducted from their accounts without an actual service provided. NULIS announced on 26 July 2018 that it would stop deducting a plan service fee from the MLC MasterKey Personal Super accounts from 30 September 2018.

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... change their behaviour and consumers win through funding for a special organisation that will advocate for industry reforms to stop this kind of behaviour in the future," he said. The SCC was first conceptualised more than 20 years ago before being established ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ kills off specs (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... "In case of a rapid increase in the yields, the Bank will purchase JGBs promptly and appropriately." Hopefully, this would stop and prevent exit speculations from re-igniting going forward. These speculations that are negating the BOJ's efforts towards ...